But why is he moderating a GOP debate? And why doesn’t this debate have a conservative partner?
Posted on 10/28/2015 2:10:44 PM PDT by jimbo123
It’s not news to anyone that political journalists tend to be liberal. That alone doesn’t mean they’re bad at their jobs, but the presence of strong political views combined with the lack of ideological diversity can pose problems for those with differing political views.
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So permit me to ask the obvious questions: Why in the world is liberal journalist John Harwood moderating Wednesday’s Republican debate? And where the heck is his conservative media partner?
Wednesday night’s debate will be hosted by CNBC at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. It will be moderated by Harwood along with CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla and Becky Quick and is supposed to focus on economic issues, though previous CNBC debates have strayed far from that topic.
Harwood frequently angers conservatives for his partisan takes on the news. I mostly laugh off his predictably liberal views because I don’t take him that seriously. But that only leads us back to figuring out why he’s moderating this Wednesday’s debate. Let’s just look at a few examples of how he covers news.
These Headlines Tell You Most of What You Need to Know Harwood works for both CNBC and The New York Times. You can get something of a feel for his predictable but conventional liberal takes from the headlines of just his most recent pieces:
On the Economy, Republicans Have a Data Problem Tax Plans of G.O.P. Favor the Rich Despite Populist Talk Timing Gives Sanders a Lift in His Quest Republicans Vow to Erase Obama’s Record, but Such Promises Are Rarely Kept Outsiders Stir Politics, but Often Fail to Win or Govern Well Angry Bent of Party Let Trump Rise Bernie Sanders: A Revolution With an Eye on the Hungry Children
Hillary Clinton’s Chief Defense Strategist
Harwood has long defended Hillary Clinton when embroiled
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
Harwood is a HORRIBLE man.
Former Clinton staffer and current Clinton financial backer George Stephanopoulos has no business anchoring a “news” program, but he does.
But of course there never is that balance.
Its CNBC what can you expect? The RNC was insane to even agree to this debate. I am expecting it to be pretty bad.
Meh. I have low expectations of the “moderators”. Remember Candy Crowley? She should have been jailed after her debacle.
Meh. I have low expectations of the “moderators”. Remember Candy Crowley? She should have been jailed after her debacle.
Larry Kudlow used to be with CNBC and retired with his head high.
They should have invited him to be a co-moderator.
Of course in the interest of fairness how much worse could it be than the Fox debate? That was what we call in the South a hot mess.
We are missing the big picture.
The RNC/Establishment/Wall Street/K Street/Business Round Table/Republicans/Democrats are for Hillary.
We need to accept reality and act accordingly.
Trump has.
This guy Hates Trump Doubt he has anything nice to say about Cruz either.
Karl Rove will be out of work if Hillary isn’t elected.
“To Rinse P.”
Maybe that should read, “He rinses with pee”.
You said it! The Estab Repubs are guaranteed work and jobs so long as Hillary rules.
Trump... not so much with Trump. .)
I have COMCAST and my package does not support the CNBC feed .... is there another live link ?
I have an odd feeling something major is going to disrupt the so-called debate. Some kind of moon-battery like MoveOn showing with blood on their hands—or worse. It IS Colorado.
My question is why are the GOP candidates letting the media dictate the terms of the debate? Why can’t the top-polling candidates dictate terms by threatening to bail and instead hold their own campaign-funded debate based candidate-negotiated moderator selection and other rules?
Cruz just has to take it nice and easy and he will coast through this. Trump will either knock Carson out here or he will say something that will finally knock him off his pedestal.
Frankly at this juncture, a Cruz/Carson ticket isn’t so bad. Then again, if that happens, Hillary is picking Castro.
The RNC is dictating terms of the debate. Reince Priebus. These candidates want to be on GOP ballots, so they follow GOP rules.
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