By now many of you have heard about the horrible job CNBC did handling the GOP debate that took place on Wednesday. If you haven’t, I’ll give you a little taste in this article. But first let me say this: I deliberately waited to officially say anything on my blog about the debate however, after watching CNBC’s handling of the debate and some of the liberal propaganda they’ve posted I’ve been infuriated.
During the debate the moderators had “rules,” which were abstractly followed. Both debates experienced this problem. The time limits were to short for the candidates to answer the questions and moderators did not provide relatively equal time for the candidates to speak.
When Rand Paul asked why he was not able to respond to something that was said when plenty of other candidates were given the opportunity the answer from moderator Becky Quick was “It was at the moderator’s discretion.” Really? The moderator’s discretion? That’s just unfair. Right there it limits the amount of time that some candidates had to speak if a moderator could just decide could and could not respond.
For example, when Jeb Bush attacked Marco Rubio for his Senate attendance record, the moderators gave Bush no time to say anything after Rubio’s response – not even to defend his reason for the attack. I’m not saying Bush should’ve attacked Rubio in the first place but it made Bush look pretty bad especially without being able to at least refute what Rubio said about him.
The moderators asked Donald Trump if he was running a “comic book version of a campaign,” Beck Quick asked Carly Fiorina why voters should “hire” her after she was fired from her position as CEO, Ted Cruz was asked if his opposition to the new budget deal shows he can’t negotiate to get stuff done in Washington, Marco Rubio was asked if he hates his job and essentially why he doesn’t resign from his Senate seat, Jeb Bush was asked why his poll numbers dropped, Ben Carson was asked if his vetting process was poor because his image showed up on a website without his knowledge, and Trump received some other mean spirited questions.
Following the debate, CNBC put out a statement saying: People who want to be president should be able to answer tough questions.
That’s true. However, the questions that were asked were not just tough. They were mean. Often times it seemed the moderators were making fun of the candidates. They were “poorly executed,” in the words of the New York Times. And the moderators appeared to have no respect for the candidates what so ever.
And just today I saw an article on CNBC’s website title, “College-level speaking not required at GOP debate.” The article continued to say that Ted Cruz was the only candidate who spoke at a high school level. And they had a cute (that was sarcastic) chart that asked “Are you smarter than a GOP candidate?”
What if Fox News asked, “Are you smarter than Hillary Clinton?”
Think about that.
I fully support the RNC’s decision to suspend its partnership with NBC News. Not only did CNBC botch the debate (and make a killing in ad revenue that night) they continued to post mean spirited articles and NBC has done nothing to curtail their attack on the GOP candidates.
Now granted the article wasn’t as mean as it sounds. But if you just read the title and didn’t read the whole thing, you’d think the GOP candidates were extremely uneducated.
And let’s remember: CNBC is a network that’s supposed to be focused on the economy and stock markets.
During the debate the moderators had “rules,” which were abstractly followed. Both debates experienced this problem. The time limits were to short for the candidates to answer the questions and moderators did not provide relatively equal time for the candidates to speak.
When Rand Paul asked why he was not able to respond to something that was said when plenty of other candidates were given the opportunity the answer from moderator Becky Quick was “It was at the moderator’s discretion.” Really? The moderator’s discretion? That’s just unfair. Right there it limits the amount of time that some candidates had to speak if a moderator could just decide could and could not respond.
For example, when Jeb Bush attacked Marco Rubio for his Senate attendance record, the moderators gave Bush no time to say anything after Rubio’s response – not even to defend his reason for the attack. I’m not saying Bush should’ve attacked Rubio in the first place but it made Bush look pretty bad especially without being able to at least refute what Rubio said about him.
The moderators asked Donald Trump if he was running a “comic book version of a campaign,” Beck Quick asked Carly Fiorina why voters should “hire” her after she was fired from her position as CEO, Ted Cruz was asked if his opposition to the new budget deal shows he can’t negotiate to get stuff done in Washington, Marco Rubio was asked if he hates his job and essentially why he doesn’t resign from his Senate seat, Jeb Bush was asked why his poll numbers dropped, Ben Carson was asked if his vetting process was poor because his image showed up on a website without his knowledge, and Trump received some other mean spirited questions.
Following the debate, CNBC put out a statement saying: People who want to be president should be able to answer tough questions.
That’s true. However, the questions that were asked were not just tough. They were mean. Often times it seemed the moderators were making fun of the candidates. They were “poorly executed,” in the words of the New York Times. And the moderators appeared to have no respect for the candidates what so ever.
And just today I saw an article on CNBC’s website title, “College-level speaking not required at GOP debate.” The article continued to say that Ted Cruz was the only candidate who spoke at a high school level. And they had a cute (that was sarcastic) chart that asked “Are you smarter than a GOP candidate?”
What if Fox News asked, “Are you smarter than Hillary Clinton?”
Think about that.
I fully support the RNC’s decision to suspend its partnership with NBC News. Not only did CNBC botch the debate (and make a killing in ad revenue that night) they continued to post mean spirited articles and NBC has done nothing to curtail their attack on the GOP candidates.
Now granted the article wasn’t as mean as it sounds. But if you just read the title and didn’t read the whole thing, you’d think the GOP candidates were extremely uneducated.
And let’s remember: CNBC is a network that’s supposed to be focused on the economy and stock markets.