Posted on 02/05/2016 2:46:29 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
CNN's broadside of Ted Cruz is wrong. The network has denied that it bears any responsibility for Cruz's camp spreading rumors that Ben Carson might be quitting the presidential race. CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin even went so far as to call Cruz's explanation "BS" on the air.
Yet the network's claim can be true only in the most deceptive - in other words, the most Clintonian - sense. Instead of what the meaning of the word is is, CNN is parsing what the word indicate means.
Somewhat ironically, the network rests much of its case on tweets rather than on-air coverage. CNN concedes that during the Iowa caucuses the network reported that Carson would not be going from Iowa to New Hampshire as the other candidates would. But after Cruz's people used the report as their reason for suggesting Carson might be getting out of the race, CNN on Wednesday declared, "Senator Cruz's claims about CNN are false. At no point did the network indicate Dr. Carson would suspend his campaign."
While their embeds in the field may never have specifically reported that Carson was out, the network's live coverage - which included star anchor and face of CNN Anderson Cooper - not only operated on the assumption that Carson was withdrawing, but actually included speculation of where his voters would go after Carson left the race.
Here's a transcript of this segment of CNN's live Iowa coverage:
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The printed word doesn't fully capture the CNN panel's air of incredulity over Carson's stated reason for not going on to New Hampshire. Watching live, it was obvious that the moderator and the panel felt that Carson's campaign was toast.
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(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
LOL!
In the meantime, what is Carson doing today?
It is - you don't see Cruz demanding an apology. This is a 3rd part observing that CNN owes Cruz an apology. Big difference.
Cruz did not try to distance himself from his team, and he took responsibility for what he saw as the failure to follow up properly. That’s leadership. You’ll never see Donald do that.
I don’t care what Eckersley did. Doesn’t change the dirty tactics reported by numerous people that Jeff Roe has committed. Of course the followers of Cruz the Messiah will excuse anything which is so contradictory to the holier than thou image they try to project.
Pretty obvious that CNN is simply racist.
They don’t want to see a Hispanic succeed.
CNN said Carson was leaving the campaign trail.
Cruz embellished it to Carson is dropping out of the race with no corroboration whatsoever.
When CNN added more information, that Carson was going to Florida for a day, Cruz didn’t change his lie to caucus voters.
Even after Mrs. Carson corrected a Cruz spokesperson at a caucus, Cruz didn’t tell his people to tell the truth.
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And Rush, of all people, is now playing the race card. LOL!
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You do realize Rush is simply taking the media’s typical race-baiting tactics against conservatives and turning it against themselves, right?
So repeating a CNN Headline is “unilaterally making it up”? You’ve lost all objectivity at this point.
The voting is open to anyone who walks in the door, even Democrats who want to change registration on the spot.
No absentee ballots are accepted.
If you want to vote, you have to be there at 7PM sharp, or before, so you can be sure of getting a parking place.
If you happen to have a job which requires you to work evenings, you are **** out of luck.
In my state, campaigning inside the polling place is against the law. I can walk in, cast my vote, and be out of there in relatively sort order. I don’t have to wait for BS speeches. I don’t have to interact with anyone except the poll workers who log me in.
“Apparently claiming a candidate has dropped out is a tactic Cruz’s mafia style campaign manager, Jeff Roe, has used before. Blaming CNN is ridiculous”
He won’t be able to use that one again. So does that mean his campaign will get even more dirty?
Stupid to waste it on a small proportional state. He now wins by 1 whole delegate (until next Tuesday).
He did it to Scott Eckersley. Read up on Jeff Roe. Hard to believe someone who claims to be “the body of Christ” would hire such a man.
I notice Cruz’s campaign manager and campaign chairman both have questionable backgrounds. That points to the attitude at the top, IMO.
A true conservative candidate does not cheat to win. Lying and intimidating are cheating.
You’re blaming Carson for Cruz’s cheating is ludicrous!
But if you want a say in local party officials or seriously consider party platform proposals, or socialize with like-minded neighbors, you have to attend a caucus too. I’m pretty sure they have them where you live even if you are unaware.
Trump’s statements weeklong before a vote, with plenty of time for rebuttals. He also usually phrased them as a question for voters to think about. Cruz’s lies were spread DURING THE CAUCUSES. Right when people were voting.
“Feel sorry for me” Poor Teddy
Good question. Wonder if all this controversy was worth it to him now.
It sure does IMO too but he’s probably going to pull an Obama and act all innocent about who and what is going on around him. Obama always learns everything from the news too.
Ted Cruz stood right there in the debate and said his critics were claiming “you must not only be born on U.S. soil, but have two parents born on U.S. soil . . . “ That was a bald faced lie and an impossible claim. The claim is impossible, because it would require the parents of every generation to be born on U.S. soil back to infinity, which is an impossibility. Secondly, his critics are actually saying to be a natural born citizen as required by the Constitution to be eligible for President requires birth in the jurisdiction of the United States with two U.S. citizen parents. Note, that does not and never has meant to natural born citizen parents or two parents born of U.S. soil as falsely accused by Ted Cruz. He falsely claimed the ineligibility of Cruz claimed by his critics would also mean Donald Trump would be ineligible due to his mother’s birth as a British citizen in Scotland. That too was a blatant lie. The mother of Donald Trump was born with British citizenship in Scotland, however she renounced her British citizenship upon completing her naturalization as a U.S. citizen before the birth of Donald Trump. Donald Trump was born in the jurisdiction of the United States with two parents who were both U.S. citizens. So, whether you like it or not, Ted Cruz was caught with multiple and absurd lies during that debate.
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