Question: What did Reince Priebus not know about CNBC -- and when did he not know it?
Priebus, chair of the Republican National Committee, sanctioned CNBC's sponsorship of last week's debate. When during and after the debate many of the candidates blasted the moderators for their bias, Priebus said that the moderators created a "hostile environment" and "it was one 'gotcha' question, one personal low blow after the other."
Please. Why the surprise? After all, CNBC's parent company, Comcast, employs the Rev. Al Sharpton, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews -- a virtual murderers' row of GOP-haters. Even worse, CNBC senior Vice President Brian Steel, who attended the GOP Colorado debate, held three different positions in the Bill Clinton administration: He served as Vice President Al Gore's domestic policy adviser, worked as deputy assistant attorney general for policy development in the Department of Justice and as associate director in the DOJ's Office of Public Affairs.
But this is par for the course for the left-wing mainstream "news" media:
George Stephanopoulos, aka Clintonopoulos: ABC's website lists him as "ABC News' chief anchor." One of then-presidential-candidate Bill Clinton's top campaign advisers in 1992, Stephanopoulos served in the Clinton administration as White House communications director and as senior adviser on policy and strategy.
Chuck Todd, moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press," worked on Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin's 1992 presidential campaign. His wife, a Democratic campaign strategist and co-founder of messaging and voter contact firm Maverick Strategies and Mail, worked on Democratic Sen. Jim Webb's 2006 Senate campaign.
Erin Burnett, host of supposedly nonpartisan "Erin Burnett OutFront" show on CNN, worked as a "news reporter" at MSNBC. There she once referred to then-President George W. Bush as a "monkey" while covering French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to China. With videotape rolling of President Bush flanked by Sarkozy to his left and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to his right, the reporter gushed, "Who could not have a man-crush on that man? I'm not talking about the monkey, either. I'm talking about the other one." Questioned by the show's host, "Who's the monkey?" the reporter clarified, "The monkey in the middle" -- meaning President Bush.
Jake Tapper, host of "The Lead" on CNN, started out as press secretary for a Democratic congressional candidate from Pennsylvania, and worked in the same capacity after her election. His wife was previously a staffer with Planned Parenthood.
Question: What did Reince Priebus not know about CNBC -- and when did he not know it?
Priebus, chair of the Republican National Committee, sanctioned CNBC's sponsorship of last week's debate. When during and after the debate many of the candidates blasted the moderators for their bias, Priebus said that the moderators created a "hostile environment" and "it was one 'gotcha' question, one personal low blow after the other."
Please. Why the surprise? After all, CNBC's parent company, Comcast, employs the Rev. Al Sharpton, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews -- a virtual murderers' row of GOP-haters. Even worse, CNBC senior Vice President Brian Steel, who attended the GOP Colorado debate, held three different positions in the Bill Clinton administration: He served as Vice President Al Gore's domestic policy adviser, worked as deputy assistant attorney general for policy development in the Department of Justice and as associate director in the DOJ's Office of Public Affairs.
But this is par for the course for the left-wing mainstream "news" media:
George Stephanopoulos, aka Clintonopoulos: ABC's website lists him as "ABC News' chief anchor." One of then-presidential-candidate Bill Clinton's top campaign advisers in 1992, Stephanopoulos served in the Clinton administration as White House communications director and as senior adviser on policy and strategy.
Chuck Todd, moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press," worked on Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin's 1992 presidential campaign. His wife, a Democratic campaign strategist and co-founder of messaging and voter contact firm Maverick Strategies and Mail, worked on Democratic Sen. Jim Webb's 2006 Senate campaign.
Erin Burnett, host of supposedly nonpartisan "Erin Burnett OutFront" show on CNN, worked as a "news reporter" at MSNBC. There she once referred to then-President George W. Bush as a "monkey" while covering French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to China. With videotape rolling of President Bush flanked by Sarkozy to his left and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to his right, the reporter gushed, "Who could not have a man-crush on that man? I'm not talking about the monkey, either. I'm talking about the other one." Questioned by the show's host, "Who's the monkey?" the reporter clarified, "The monkey in the middle" -- meaning President Bush.
Jake Tapper, host of "The Lead" on CNN, started out as press secretary for a Democratic congressional candidate from Pennsylvania, and worked in the same capacity after her election. His wife was previously a staffer with Planned Parenthood.
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