Yes, Romney and his advisors knew beforehand what to expect from the moderators of these debates. Thus far I’d say they have played the libs brilliantly. You, are misguided, and incorrect. What Romney has pulled off here is killing the libs.
The very few GOP journalists are “biased” and “far right.”
Cowley and company are ‘middle of the road’ and ‘respected.’
That’s just how it works.
Romney knew this going in and was prepared to debate both Obama and the moderator. He performed as well as possible given the circumstances. His summary of the poor economy was a home run.
Viewers also can see it’s a set up / biased event and take that into account — except for the Obamabots who were never going to change their mind anyway.
Romney will be getting nightly news stories on...
the high gas prices;
the poor economy;
body count from the wars;
etc. etc.
It’s never going to be a fair game. Conservatives go into business and work for a living. Libtards become professors or journalists.
The schools of journalism now teach there IS NO SUCH THING as “objectivity” .. so they don’t even try. It’s all about perspective and bias. That gives them free license in the post-modern journalist world to say whatever gets their guy elected or re-elected.
It’s a risk to a career to buck the system and there are few places for conservatives to go.
Nevertheless, I’ve seen surprising efforts at journalistic integrity from ABC News’ Jake Tapper and (shockingly as he was the biggest fan boy of all four years ago) CNN’s Anderson Cooper - mostly on the Libya issue.
When you see an actual journalist in the MSM it’s surprising and usually hits places like FR. Shows how rare it is they even attempt balanced stories.