CNN Doesn’t Tell The Truth About Anything

November 30, 2007 · Filed Under Election 2008, Liberal Bias, Liberals, Media, Politics, Republicans, U.S. News

Anyone who watched the GOP debate the other night knows what a sham it was. At least 9 of the 34 questions came from people directly associated with the Democratic party in some way or another.

CNN continues to argue that the candidates should be willing to answer the questions that are on the minds of voters, except 9 out of 34 were NOT the voters. They were Democrats pushing the issues they felt Republicans should be talking about.

That means 9 REAL Republicans or REAL undecided voters didn’t get to ask a question.

Let’s look at the most recent statement from CNN regarding their dishonesty:

In a statement, CNN defended its question choices, saying “the whole point” is to open the questions to “a wider range of Americans all around the country. CNN cared about what you asked, not who you were.”

Take a look at the interview David Bohrman, CNN’s Washington bureau chief and executive producer of the debate did with The New York Times BEFORE the debate:

Most questions online have been pulled from public viewing for review, but many of the remaining posts involve asking the candidates to defend their opposition to gay marriage and abortion. Those kinds of “lobbying grenades” would be disqualified by the CNN selection team, Mr. Bohrman said.

“There are quite a few things you might describe as Democratic ‘gotchas,’ and we are weeding those out,” Mr. Bohrman said. CNN wants to ensure that next Wednesday’s Republican event is “a debate of their party.”

If Mr. Bohrman’s intention was to make it “a debate of their party” he failed miserably. Whether he failed on purpose or he’s just incompetent I don’t know, but either way he should be fired.

-Chris Jones