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Related: About this forumThe Big Loser in the Iowa Debates? CNN's reputation
In case we though the Warren?Sanders things was CNNs only low point that evening..
No. No, there were many more.
Sen. Sanders, in the wake of the Iran crisis, Irans Ayatollah Khamenei has again called for all US troops to be pulled out of the Middle East, something youve called for as well. Yet when American troops last left Iraq, ISIS emerged and spread terror across the Middle East and, indeed, around the world. How would you prevent that from happening again?
So Sanders was asked to defend his policyidentified as being the same as that of a hated official enemyagainst the charge that it would spread terror around the world. (Blitzers blaming ISIS on the withdrawal from Iraq evades the reality that there would never have been an ISIS were it not for the Iraq invasion.)
Rather than giving similarly poison-tipped questions to Sanders rivals, Blitzer went on for the most part to merely ask them to respond to what had already been said: Vice President Biden? Senator Klobuchar, whats your response? Mayor Buttigieg, you served in Afghanistan. Whos right? Politicos Ryan Lizza (1/15/20) referred to this as Blitzer doing an admirable job teasing out some of the subtle differences that have crystallized among Democrats in the post-Obama world.
Elizabeth Warren was also painted as a bearer of fringe ideas that will scare away swing voters.
Its important to remember that CNNs blatant insertion of its own point of view into the presidential debate doesnt reflect a mere personal dislike of Sanders, but rather a consistent ideological orientation. Warren, despite being used as a blunt object with which to bash Sanders, was also given questions that likewise painted her as a champion of way-out ideas, as with this from Phillip:
Why does it make sense for the government to manufacture drugs, especially when public trust in government is near historic lows?
Of course, it wouldnt be elected officials making the drugs, but government agenciesand its the former and not the latter who are generally distrusted by the public (Pew, 9/6/19). The drug industry, meanwhile, is the least trusted of all major industrial sectors (Gallup, 9/3/19)but why spoil the premise of a good gotcha question?
There are a lot more examples in the link below.
https://fair.org/home/the-big-loser-in-the-iowa-debate-cnns-reputation/?fbclid=IwAR1EgkhHVRMtjXd-6PUOBR6WR8fWH8c1jtL77N8jZKNhkZ0ILzlHJOuzThM
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George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
boomer_wv
(673 posts)What person not named Trump would be able to convince his supporters that the media is their enemy if he wanted?
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highplainsdem
(49,004 posts)for what they perceive as bias against Sanders.
This is just more of the same.
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Response to George II (Reply #1)
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PatrickforO
(14,577 posts)No doubt there.
But, I have to say, I thought Warren and Sanders both did quite well in this debate. Of course as an economist, I am biased for both of them!
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Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)Thanks for the thread booley.
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highplainsdem
(49,004 posts)It took only seconds of searching to see that Naureckas and Hollar can be counted on for this sort of piece.
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JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
billpolonsky
(270 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)Taibi is the villainous shameful one
Your guy had a horrible night... why not just move on?!
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TryLogic
(1,723 posts)Her interrupting the candidates was aggressive and discourteous.
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PatSeg
(47,501 posts)It seems to be the way CNN conducts debates, often abrupt and rude. That woman was the worst I've seen.
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hay rick
(7,624 posts)All of CNN's health care questions seem designed to reinforce the idea that Americans paying twice as much for healthcare as Europeans and Canadians is somehow inevitable and reasonable and not a reason to contemplate major changes.
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Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
I am happy that a supporter of another candidate can see through this. CNN also tried to promote a fight instead of discussing the issues.
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msongs
(67,417 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)There are a lot more examples on page one of GD P.
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