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Letter from RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to NBC News (Feb Debate Suspended)
Republican National Committee ^ | October 30, 2015 | Reince Priebus

Posted on 10/30/2015 9:59:44 AM PDT by abb

Mr. Andrew Lack Chairman, NBC News 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10112

Dear Mr. Lack,

I write to inform you that pending further discussion between the Republican National Committee (RNC) and our presidential campaigns, we are suspending the partnership with NBC News for the Republican primary debate at the University of Houston on February 26, 2016. The RNC’s sole role in the primary debate process is to ensure that our candidates are given a full and fair opportunity to lay out their vision for America’s future. We simply cannot continue with NBC without full consultation with our campaigns.

The CNBC network is one of your media properties, and its handling of the debate was conducted in bad faith. We understand that NBC does not exercise full editorial control over CNBC’s journalistic approach. However, the network is an arm of your organization, and we need to ensure there is not a repeat performance.

CNBC billed the debate as one that would focus on “the key issues that matter to all voters—job growth, taxes, technology, retirement and the health of our national economy.” That was not the case. Before the debate, the candidates were promised an opening question on economic or financial matters. That was not the case. Candidates were promised that speaking time would be carefully monitored to ensure fairness. That was not the case. Questions were inaccurate or downright offensive. The first question directed to one of our candidates asked if he was running a comic book version of a presidential campaign, hardly in the spirit of how the debate was billed.

While debates are meant to include tough questions and contrast candidates’ visions and policies for the future of America, CNBC’s moderators engaged in a series of “gotcha” questions, petty and mean-spirited in tone, and designed to embarrass our candidates. What took place Wednesday night was not an attempt to give the American people a greater understanding of our candidates’ policies and ideas.

I have tremendous respect for the First Amendment and freedom of the press. However, I also expect the media to host a substantive debate on consequential issues important to Americans. CNBC did not.

While we are suspending our partnership with NBC News and its properties, we still fully intend to have a debate on that day, and will ensure that National Review remains part of it.

I will be working with our candidates to discuss how to move forward and will be in touch.

Sincerely,

Reince Priebus Chairman, Republican National Committee


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cnbc; debates; elections; gop; mediabias; nbc; nbctelemundo; reincepriebus; rnc; telemundo
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To: abb
rancid penis saw that the top candidates are having a meeting this weekend about the coming debates and got the message.

The candidates will make changes, with or without rancid and the little fag wants to keep his fat expense account and what ever he can steal before they can his sorry ass.

Teats on a boar hog.

21 posted on 10/30/2015 10:20:30 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: abb
’s

Am I the only one seeing these symbols?

Home computers, work computers, iPhone, they seem to be popping up all over the place with great frequency these days.

22 posted on 10/30/2015 10:21:35 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: LostInBayport
I remember most of us doing a collective double facepalm earlier this year when Priebus announced the schedule and moderators, after the Stephanopolous/Crowley experience last go round.

He learned nothing, and is only reacting now because the campaigns are ganging up and removing him and the worthless RNC from the equation.

23 posted on 10/30/2015 10:23:44 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Drew68
’s Am I the only one seeing these symbols?

No, I started seeing them constantly in posts, started about 2-3 days ago. I thought that it was the font rendering on my Android tablet, but also see it on desktop Mac.

I have no idea what it happening, though I notice it is on the rendering of special characters, most often double quotes (").

24 posted on 10/30/2015 10:23:55 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.")
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To: Timber Rattler

I cannot read his name without my mind auto-correcting it to “Rancid Prius”.


25 posted on 10/30/2015 10:24:41 AM PDT by mquinn (Obama's supporters: a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise)
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To: abb
Dear Rensee,


Warmest Regards,
HLPhat
26 posted on 10/30/2015 10:25:21 AM PDT by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: abb

Not enough.

The candidates should simply determine their own rules and forums and boycott the RNC debates.

Problem solved.

Imagine the ratings for debates hosted by Rush, Sean and Mark.


27 posted on 10/30/2015 10:26:42 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Drew68

Am I the only one seeing these symbols?

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Nope. According some info I’ve read Jim and crew are working on the problem.


28 posted on 10/30/2015 10:26:45 AM PDT by deport
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To: abb

Reince Priebus has been choosing these left-wing channels and moderators on purpose, in order to weaken Trump and any conservatives who run against his chosen creeps.

But the moderators in that last debate were so over the top that it backfired on him. Now he’s desperately trying to save himself and the anointed party.


29 posted on 10/30/2015 10:28:21 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: abb

Let Jim Demint and Heritage Foundation run the next debate, include commercial breaks and sell the rights to broadcast it live to the highest bidder.


30 posted on 10/30/2015 10:28:59 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Lurker
Someone lent Reince half a testicle.

No, he's trying to save his job.

The game has changed. Trump knows he brings big ratings and networks want the cash. The candidates are meeting Sunday w/o Priebus and I bet they will come out with a list of demands, or do the debates on their own.

31 posted on 10/30/2015 10:29:09 AM PDT by wmfights (a stranger in a hostile and foreign land that used to be my home)
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To: abb

Yes, it is a little late for Rinse to be waving his peepee around.


32 posted on 10/30/2015 10:29:13 AM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: abb

He’s just trying to jump in on the action and be noticed. He’ll be noticed, but in a negative way. Nuts to him.

Oops — that last was not meant to be a pun.


33 posted on 10/30/2015 10:30:06 AM PDT by Exit148 ((Loose Chnge Club founder) Put yours aside for the next Freepathon!)
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To: abb

‘Suspended?’


34 posted on 10/30/2015 10:30:13 AM PDT by AdaGray
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To: abb

Rinse Priapus trying to be relevant.


35 posted on 10/30/2015 10:30:20 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: abb
Reince Priebus for President

Just kidding. I wouldn't want to lose my FR License. But even a dollar late and at least one short it was still the appropriate thing to do.

36 posted on 10/30/2015 10:32:13 AM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: abb

Priebus is trying to head off his own tarring and feathering by his party’s candidates.

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Priebus should go further to let other venues know that they will no longer determine the content or moderators. That such will be provided by the Republican party, not the network(s).


37 posted on 10/30/2015 10:32:31 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: lonevoice

HA!


38 posted on 10/30/2015 10:33:22 AM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: abb
Cruz leads the Conservative Party.

Rinse Proboscis had to eventually agree with Cruz when the Uniparty mask was at risk of slipping.

39 posted on 10/30/2015 10:33:35 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("The bipartisan project is to destroy conservatism" .. "Cruz is a thoroughbred conservative." - Rush)
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To: wmfights
>>The game has changed...

Uhuh.



40 posted on 10/30/2015 10:33:38 AM PDT by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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