2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSLAM Candy Crowley with "Do You Think You Can Do As Professional A Job as Martha Raddatz" Tweets
She'll find them annoying, but the point will be made.
"Ms. Raddatz set an admirable example in control of the facts and coverage of the issues really vital to the debate - can we expect you to also clear this high bar in moderation?"
Stuff like this.
I don't care if this sounds sexist: I think as a woman who likes to think of herself as someone who matters, Crowley can be made cognizant of how easily she could appear diminished by what was clearly the moderating performance of this election season.
If Candy Crowley is a joke, where Martha Raddatz is a guiding light and a figure of great respect, that's got to hit Crowley where it hurts.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)jsmirman
(4,507 posts)far above her capacity to become irritated.
She's touchy about a lot of stuff.
Her standing in the hierarchy of important females in the news reporting universe I would think would be very high on that list.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)Badgering whoever handles her tweets will do nothing. I'm sure she is keenly aware of what has passed and what is expected, and she will deliver it to the best of her ability. CNN overall is horrible but they have some diamonds in the rough and I think Candy is one of them. We will be ok
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)In Martha Raddatz I saw someone who should have been tapped to hold all four debates.
Crowley can be careless and self-involved.
It's nice that you have a high opinion of her - my opinion is not the same.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)Most of the press bowed down to the boy king, but she was absolutely in his camp. She didn't know WTF she was talking about.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)NCLefty
(3,678 posts)What is this based on?
LiberalFighter
(50,931 posts)Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)She was vile. If anything, I think she'll be swayed by the wingnut rhetoric of Raddatz's 'enabling' of 'bully' Biden and repeatedly slap down the President just to be "fair and balanced."
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)LIED saying that the CNN poll for the VP debate was a DRAW.
Even CNN has said it was incorrect because they sampled too many Republicans.
You are dreaming that we'll be okay with the likes of her
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)CNN moderator Bernie Shaw ended the presidential hopes of Mike Dukakis at that debate with that gotcha!!! question about what if his wife...
He didn't ask Bush41 the same question did he? What if Bush41 went ballistic and said he would sic future vp for Bush43, Dick Cheney on the perp?(picture Dana Carvey )...
CNN is the war station of Wolf Blitzer(even his name implies war
no, they were NEVER liberal, how could anyone think they were?
I expect NOTHING from Candy, in fact this debate has a slew of set-ups possible
Who goes first?
who asks the questions(who was picked?)
Are the questions asked coming from the person or from a committee to elect Herr Mittens and his Boy Glove?
when are the people or the questions chosen?
and the audience...this audience is going to be noisy, but professional first clappers can distort the noise (the person who first claps loudly sets off other noise)
Martha was very good. Lehrer sucked. I expect Candy to not be on our side, and not be impartial.
Where have you gone, Dan Rather, a nation turns it's lonely eyes to you...boo hoo hoo to paraphrase Paul Simon.
When the nation and CBS tossed Dan for doing nothing proven wrong, that was the end.
When Bush41 embedded journalists with THEIR generals, he made all of them and the ones that were around at that time, like Candy, beholden to them to keep them safe or else
The days of Dan Rather in Vietnam, going off by himself to actually investigate were over.
Worry about Candy Crowley. I do. Her devious mind is probably thinking of GOTCHA's. and ways to belittle OUR President (but allowing at same time Mittens to do as he pleases like Lehrer did.
LeftInTX
(25,341 posts)again.
I don't expect Candy to do much about it.
Hopefully Obama will not let Romney get away with it.
(My first post - I'm not a troll)
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)She just did this now - it's her technique.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)flamingdem
(39,313 posts)and let the Republican WALK over the Democrat. He got 2x the time and she changed the topic rather than let the Dem respond. When he did try to set the record straight about the 718 billion medicare issue she said - I don't want to get into the weeds with all these numbers because people never agree.
She just stated that the CNN debate was "A draw" - what a lying sack of cnn shit, even CNN said they oversampled Republicans and the debate was a draw, how can she get away with this?
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)letting her know she had met and exceeded my expectations!!!