CNN Debate Moderator Was Member of Clinton Global Initiative

Weekly Standard ^ | 10/13/15 | Mark Hemingway

[struggle]

CNN host Anderson Cooper, who is set to moderate tonight's Democratic debate, was listed as a "notable past member" the Clinton Global Initiative's website along with a number of other big name journalists:

The list includes: CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Christiane Amanpour, Fox’s Greta Van Susteren, NBC’s Matt Lauer and Tom Brokaw, New York Times‘s Thomas Friedman and Nicholas Kristof, Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, Yahoo’s Katie Couric, The Economist‘s Matthew Bishop, and Financial Times‘ Lionel Barber.

The Clinton Foundation later told Mediaite that none of these journalists were asked to pay the $20,000 membership fee required of members. However, it's safe to say that access to big name journalists was a key selling point for paying Clinton Global Initiative members. In a nutshell, Anderson Cooper helped Hillary Clinton raise money, and now he's presented as an impartial moderator for tonight's debate.

[Ann Archy]

OMG!! The deck is STACKED.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Oy!

[pepsionice]

Man, twenty-thousand dollars. That’s a hefty amount. Wonder if CNN realizes that he’s a member of her club. Was he on her server listing too?

[TexasCajun]

And there you have it.

The Clinton Foundation later told Mediaite that none of these journalists were asked to pay the $20,000 membership fee required of members

MSM, bought and paid for.

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[rrrod]

pure scum

[Fido969]

Maybe him and Shep Smith can have a Johnson-athon.

[CedarDave]

Huge headline on Drudge, Rush talking about it. Article belongs in News forum, not buried in Chit Chat

[maggief]

[Sidebar Moderator]

Bumped to front page!

[CedarDave]

Thanks!

[1Old Pro]

That does it, I’m not going to watch now that it seems the media are Hillary supporters.

[Sidebar Moderator]

My pleasure!

[maggief]

May be more fun to follow Trump on twitter.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 8h8 hours ago

At the request of many, and even though I expect it to be a very boring two hours, I will be covering the Democrat Debate live on twitter!

[deport]

Stage positions for debate that begins at 8:30 pm EST on CNN.

On either side of Clinton, the highest-polling candidate, are Bernie Sanders (to Clinton’s right)
and Martin O’Malley (to her left). Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee, the fourth- and fifth-placing
candidates, bookend the stage.

[GOPJ]

CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Christiane Amanpour, Fox’s Greta Van Susteren, NBC’s Matt Lauer and Tom Brokaw, New York Times‘s Thomas Friedman and Nicholas Kristof, Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo, Yahoo’s Katie Couric, The Economist‘s Matthew Bishop, and Financial Times‘ Lionel Barber.

Sounds more like a 'meet the moderators' event than a 'meet the canadidates' event. That said, Greta will get the fewest questions and the least time.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Next debate should be on Fox. Let Kelly and Greta have a crack at them.

[GOPJ]

My bad -read it wrong... that’s not the list of moderators...