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Stephanopoulos, ABC News Refuse to Apologize for False Scott Brown Attack
Breitbart ^ | 10-31-14 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 10/31/2014 4:12:02 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee for president in 2012 and a supporter of former Sen. Scott Brown’s campaign, decried an effort by the liberal media to falsely smear Brown during last night’s final New Hampshire Senate debate against incumbent Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).

“You know I think it’s unfortunate but in some cases moderators hope to become part of the story,” Romney said on Laura Ingraham’s radio program. “Obviously that furthers their career and makes a lot of people talk about them. And people who are on their side are very pleased about it and give them a lot of kudos. Look, the debate commissioners are going to have to do a better job to make sure moderators follow the rules and don’t themselves become part of the debates. But in the final analysis I think people vote based on who they think is going to help them and their family and their country in the best way, so I don’t give too much weight to these kinds of snafus in debates but nonetheless it’s already been cleared up.”

Ingraham compared the mistaken question—where WMUR’s James Pindell falsely told Brown that New Hampshire’s Sullivan County is not north of the state’s capitol Concord—to CNN’s Candy Crowley false assertion to Romney during a debate between him and President Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential race about the Benghazi terrorist attack.

“Well of course the moderator James Pindell from local WMUR had to apologize,” Ingraham said. “But it reminded me of the Candy Crowley moment in your debate, where it’s like is she actually part of the Obama re-election team or what? I mean she had a transcript ready and going right to that deal is just ridiculous.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: 2014; abc; bias; debate; demagogicparty; elections; jeanneshaheen; memebuilding; newhampshire; nh; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; press; scottbrown; senateraces; stephanopoulos

1 posted on 10/31/2014 4:12:02 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Disney owns ABC. Walt is spinning in his grave to see what this company has become. Walt once was worried about Anette Funicello wearing a bikini. My how times have changed.
2 posted on 10/31/2014 4:16:53 PM PDT by Fungi (If you do not like my post, don't read it.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
How corrupt?

Beyond Pinhead's attack, Stephanopoulos has had a long term relationship with Shaheen.

Church Lady: “Well, isn't that special?

3 posted on 10/31/2014 4:18:57 PM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: afraidfortherepublic; All
"All the News, that "fits" their agenda".
and let, Truth be D@mn!

4 posted on 10/31/2014 4:21:51 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Liberalism to Fabian-ism to Socialism to Marxism to Totalitarianism.. "the inertia of stupidity" d8-)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

You just cannot get the stink off of one of those.


5 posted on 10/31/2014 4:24:53 PM PDT by sasquatch
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6 posted on 10/31/2014 4:30:17 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
in some cases moderators hope to become part of the story


7 posted on 10/31/2014 4:32:08 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Liberals and Democraps are demonic scum, no different from moslems.


8 posted on 10/31/2014 4:35:23 PM PDT by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The Republicans should just refuse to participate in “debates” with “moderators” from the leftist media. If they don’t like it, tell them to go pound sand.

It’s not a debate anyway. It is a series of prepared statements. You don’t even need a moderator. The questions could be prerecorded and the candidate’s microphone shut off when the time limit is up.


9 posted on 10/31/2014 4:45:47 PM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Gotta love the innocuous mush that comes out of Romney in these situations. Anyway, if you accept a Clinton hatchet boy like Stephy as your debate moderator, you’re too dumb and spineless to win.


10 posted on 10/31/2014 4:54:54 PM PDT by Argus
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Candidates should refuse to allow MSM reporters to moderate debates.


11 posted on 10/31/2014 5:30:52 PM PDT by Revel
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To: afraidfortherepublic
****“You know I think it’s unfortunate but in some cases moderators hope to become part of the story,” Romney said on Laura Ingraham’s radio program****

You had your chance, Mitt. But you let Candy "check the transcript" Crowley play you like a Walmart kazoo. You don't get a mulligan on this one.

12 posted on 10/31/2014 5:31:04 PM PDT by Baynative (Did you ever notice that atheists don't dare sue Muslims?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

What’s the perp’s FR nick? Thanks afraidfortherepublic.


13 posted on 10/31/2014 5:34:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Steponallofus is a pig.


14 posted on 10/31/2014 6:12:57 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I would think that Stumpy Stepalopagus would need to have some credibility beyond being a cheap hack for any apology from him or any outfit that would hire him to be legit.


15 posted on 10/31/2014 7:17:08 PM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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