Posted on 08/16/2013 9:09:05 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
RNC Formally Drops NBC, CNN from 2016 Debates
by Mike Flynn 16 Aug 2013, 8:32 AM PDT post a comment
At its Summer meeting in Boston on Friday, the RNC formally adopted a resolution excluding NBC and CNN from hosting or moderating Republican primary debates during the 2016 Presidential campaign. The vote comes after RNC Chair Reince Priebus urged the networks to cancel their plans to air films celebrating the life of Hillary Clinton. Clinton is widely expected to run for President.
"Your credibility as a supposedly unbiased news network will most certainly be jeopardized by the decision to show political favoritism and produce an extended commercial for Secretary Clinton’s nascent campaign," Priebus wrote to CNN in early August. He also sent a similar letter to NBC.
RNC's concerns about the Hillary Clinton films were echoed by unlikely allies. NBC chief political reporter Chuck Todd called the planned Clinton films a "nightmare" for the network. MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell criticized the plans for the film and former Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs called it a "terrible idea."
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What? The RNC suddenly manned up? About 9 months too late.
Chuck Todd called the planned Clinton films a “nightmare” for the network. MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell criticized the plans for the film and former Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs called it a “terrible idea.”
If it was about Obama they would all be saying its a made up crisis.
Democrats are Law-Less
Republicans are Ball-Less (except for this small thing)
I can’t wait for the crying and gnashing of teeth from the libtards.
Good move by the RNC. About time. This is from my essay “Gangster Government and Sakharhov’s Immunity” from last year.
http://www.enemiesforeignanddomestic.com/index.php?page=gangster
And not only does the elite Mainstream Media ignore the story, thereby shielding the Obama administration from answering for Operation Fast and Furious or many other administration scandals, they actually take an active role in promulgating the latest messages put out by the Obama White House. One recent blatant example will suffice. Most viewers were bewildered at the Republican primary debate in New Hampshire on January 7, when moderator George Stephanopoulos of ABC News asked, and continued to ask, seemingly off-topic questions about the candidates’ views on, of all possible subjects, birth control.
We now understand that current White House War Room “General” Valerie Jarrett has been conducting weekly planning meetings with representatives from the hard-left Media Matters, for the purpose of delivering the latest administration “talking points” and strategic memes to their cooperating friends in the elite media and thereby to the public at large. Then lo and behold, the original Clinton White House War Room “General” George Stephanopoulos just happened to pick debate questions not about Operation Fast And Furious, but, of all things, the birth control meme that the Obama White House wanted to float, as a diversion from discussing the perilous state of the economy. And wildly successful it has been, this meme-making machine, at keeping the Republican candidates off-message and off-balance.
A horribly biased media that will not even investigate Operation Fast And Furious will certainly not investigate this grossly transparent act of political prostitution by “journalist” George Stephanopoulos. In graphic terms, this was not merely discreet political sex for a quiet off-camera payoff; this was naked, grunting copulation at high noon, on the public square. Even so, today almost nobody will say aloud what needs to be said: George Stephanopoulos has now proven himself a political whore of the lowest stripe, but even worse than that, he has shown himself to be a serving member in good standing of Gangster Government, Inc. And his colleagues in the elite liberal media establishment are fine with that, because they are also complicit, either knowingly or unknowingly.
George Stephanopoulos does the political bidding of Valerie Jarrett and Media Matters, making him a willing stooge and a critical cog in Gangster Government, Inc., thereby disgracing both his family name and the occupation of journalist. He will go down in history as a dishonorable scoundrel, who put his shared liberal political agendas ahead of any bare pretense at making an honest search for the truth concerning deadly scandals such as Operation Fast and Furious, which by objective measures is the worst political scandal of the modern era.
About 20 years too late, but at they saw the light.
Did anyone see the piece on Barbara Bush(Jr.) in People mag. this week? W’s and the liberal Laura Bush’s daughter believes in gay marriage and would like to see the “unbelievably accomplished Hillary Clinton” run for President. Nice Babs...make your father proud.
Well, THAT’S a good start!!!
Now get Rush, Levin, and Hannity on board as moderators.
IMHO there should be no debates between candidates of the same political party, it is counter-productive, and it certainly doesn’t help the guy who ultimately gets the nomination.
They need to ban the All Barack Channel, CeeBS, and MSLSD as well
Democrats Demoncrats are Law-Less traitors.
Too little too late. The party is dead.
Drop ... not ban
Right move, wrong reason.
They should have dropped them because of the brazenly agenda driven biased moderators that they continually utilize to destroy Republican candidates and paint Democrat candidates in the best possible light.
Now, grow a real set of balls and include the Presidential Debate, not just Primaries.
I expect to see Hillary and Rand Paul debating on Al Jezzera and nothing less. You know, the Muslim vote will really count by 2016.
“””What? The RNC suddenly manned up? About 9 months too late.””
Don’t worry, they will cave when the time is right. They can posture all they want right now because nobody is paying any attention to politics.
Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
As if these networks have had any credibility up to this point!
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