Posted on 10/18/2012 7:33:57 PM PDT by tobyhill
TMZ obtained an internal CNN talking points email sent by Managing Editor Mark Whitaker, defending Candy Crowley amid criticism of her performance at Tuesdays debate. But not only does Whitaker misrepresent Crowleys fact-check to make it sound more accurate, he also acknowledges that there is disagreement over whether President Obama referred to Benghazi as an act of terror in his Rose Garden speech (h/t Powerline):
Lets start with a big round of applause for Candy Crowley for a superb job under the most difficult circumstances imaginable. She and her team had to select and sequence questions in a matter of hours, and then she had to deal with the tricky format, the nervous questioners, the aggressive debaters, all while shutting out the pre-debate attempts to spin and intimidate her. She pulled it off masterfully.
The reviews on Candys performance have been overwhelmingly positive but Romney supporters are going after her on two points, no doubt because their man did not have as good a night as he had in Denver. On the legitimacy of Candy fact-checking Romney on Obamas Rose Garden statement, it should be stressed that she was just stating a point of fact: Obama did talk about an act (or acts) of terror, no matter what you think he meant by that at the time. On why Obama got more time to speak, it should be noted that Candy and her commission producers tried to keep it even but that Obama went on longer largely because he speaks more slowly. Were going to do a word count to see whether, as in Denver, Romney actually got more words in even if he talked for a shorter period of time.
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CNN: “On the legitimacy of Crowleys flak-chucking.. Good shooting, Candy! Not one Romney bomb landed anywhere near PRESIDENT! Obama. Obama! Obama! mmmm mmmm mmm.”
CNN = Candyazz News Network, “We are sweet on liberals, but stick it to conservatives”
It takes a lot of time to uuhhmmm & uhh while you’re trying to think of the next lie without your beloved TOTUS.
LOL! Very funny...and poignant.
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