Posted on 10/05/2016 9:00:59 AM PDT by orchestra
For the upcoming presidential debate, the powers that be have chosen to go with a town hall-style set-up and two moderators. Those two mods are CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC’s Martha Raddatz and according to Page Six, they are beefing.
Specifically, each one of them reportedly wants to be the one who hits Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with the hard questions.
Page Six reported that sources close to the two networks are describing the D.C. meetings between both networks’ producers, talent, and executives as “acrimonious at best.” Here’s the full quote:
Getting the two networks together has been a challenge. They are feuding over petty things, such as ‘Who does each particular topic?’ Both Anderson and Martha want to shine, to be tough on the candidates, and not to be accused of bias. There’s a lot at stake. So there’s a lot of turf-grabbing going on — attempts to box each other out to get the territory they are most well-suited for … They are supposed to be deep in rehearsals — the anchors and their teams have met a bunch of times, and the atmosphere has been acrimonious at best, at all levels, from the producers right up to the execs.
Cooper and Raddatz can’t be blamed for wanting this debate to go perfectly and trying to avoid the fate of Megyn Kelly or Lester Holt, who were thoroughly dragged through the press when Trump deemed them unfair and biased. Whether true or untrue, those allegations were a nightmare for the hosts and their networks, Fox News and NBC, respectively. Given that Trump has already sown the seeds of discord by suggesting all future debates will be rigged against him, Cooper, Raddatz, CNN, and ABC can’t be blamed for a little micromanaging.
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Hit Hillary with hard questions??? LOL!!
Those of you who believe the citizen questioners will be democrat ringers, raise your hand.
Hard questions? Hmmmm - - Let’s see - -
Question: “Madam Secretary, what’s your favorite color?”
Question: “Mr Real Estate Tycoon, why do you cheat on taxes?”
They won’t go hard on Hillary. Last night’s deplorable debate mediated by someone I didn’t know before, during or after the debate except for being bad. They are fighting on who will take out Trump nothing more.
Girl fight or cat fight
Yeah, that is funny. Probably seeing how many times they can “get back” to the tax return issue.
There is noone left in the entire nation that thinks Hillary will be hit with a single hard question ... and certainly not any she doesn't receive beforehand.
They have some tough questions already lined up for Her:
- “How are you today?”
- “Does it feel wonderful to be the First Woman President(tm)?”
- “What is your opinion on Trump’s terrible treatment of women?”
No reasonable peerson expects Cooper or Radditz to be fair in the debate, and indeed, their job is to elevate Hillary and take down Trump. They will do everything they can to advance those missions. There is no need to even attempt an appearance of objectivity.
Example of hard hitting question
Tell me Mrs. Clinton why do you love children so much??
Hillary, you attack Mr. Trump on his use of IRS tax laws not to pay taxes, why then did you use the same tax law that has been on the books for over 100 years as well as the NYT who published stolen partial returns used to their benefit? Why?
More likely they are fighting to ensure they don’t have to ask Hillary the hard stuff...after all who wants to paint a target on their own back.
"Mrs. Clinton, who does your hair?"
[Girl fight or cat fight]
More like a clusterf-—....
Hard question for Hillary: How evil and racist is Donald?
I don’t buy it.
Neither of them wants to hit Hillary with any hard questions. It will wreck their career. They’ll get the
Matt Lauer treatment before ending up in Fort Marcy Park.
Here’s an idea. Moderators should moderate. Ask objective questions to both candidates simultaneously. Candidate A answers, then Candidate B answers, then Candidate A gets rebuttal time, followed by Candidate B rebuttal. No interruptions by candidates or moderators are allowed, except interruptions by the moderator in case of a rule infraction by either candidate. The moderator may not challenge, argue, or ask follow-up questions.
Given that Trump has already sown the seeds of discord by suggesting all future debates will be rigged against him, Cooper, Raddatz, CNN, and ABC can’t be blamed for a little micromanaging.
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and it’s all Donald’s fault!
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