The RNC has a
plan to limit debates and, in order to make the case and distract from one key
issues, the RNC is using CNN and NBC as its whipping boys.
Contrary to a
lot of reports, it is not actually CNN’s news gathering division that would be
producing a Hillary Clinton documentary, but a separate unit. Nonetheless, the
two are intrinsically linked, Jeff Zucker should have known better, and
CNN originally promoted cross-collaboration between the newsroom and CNN
Films. For
example:
Following a potential theatrical run, selected docs will make their broadcast
premiere on CNN U.S. and (in some cases) CNN International during prime-time
hours with limited commercial interruption.…
Before and after broadcasting selected documentaries, CNN will run
programming hosted by correspondents including Christiane Amanpour and Anderson
Cooper that shed light on topics discussed in each film.
Taking on the
Hillary Clinton documentary when most on the right have legitimate reason to
believe in media bias was poorly thought out. I hope CNN will consider dropping
the Hillary documentary. As for NBC, I never understood who thought it was a
good idea to host a debate on MSNBC and maintain that the NBC/Politico debate
was the worst debate of the Republican Primary.
What the press
does not seem to understand is that primary debates should be about helping
primary voters decide on candidates, not for the press to get soundbites to use
against those candidates. While primaries are certainly appropriate places to
cover Todd Akin ground and weed out those candidates early, we need not spend
time in primary debates going through an exhaustive exercise on global warming
and abortion — issues about which the media cares a great deal and base
Republican voters very little outside of wanting to make sure its candidates
are pro-life......To Read More....
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