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I suppose liberals will opine that it's fair for liberals to ask question at
a democrat utube debate while it's also fair to have dems ask questions at a
Republican debate.
That obviously makes perfect sense to the DailyKos crowd.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/7099.html
The retired general who quizzed Republican presidential candidates about
gays and lesbians in the military was not the only person linked to a
Democratic presidential candidate who got to ask a question at Wednesday's
CNN/YouTube debate.
CNN also aired questions from supporters of Democratic candidates John
Edwards and Barack Obama.
And that's fine by the network, which is standing by its question selection
process and lashing out at critics who say the debate demonstrated CNN's
liberal bias.
"We're focused on the questions, not the questioners," said Sam Feist, CNN's
political director.
"There were 5,000 questions sent in and we wanted to have the best
questions. I think we found them," he said, pointing out that the estimated
4.9 million viewers made it the most-watched presidential primary debate in
cable history.
A 20-year-old student from Texas who asked the candidates about
criminalizing abortion openly backs Edwards, a former North Carolina
senator.
A Florida man who asked why a gay Republican group should support each
candidate and whether the candidates would accept its support is a backer of
Obama, an Illinois senator.
And a mother who asked the candidates about what they'd do to limit the
importation of dangerous goods from China works for a union that has
endorsed Edwards.
Additionally, a Californian who asked a question about crop subsidies in
2004 interned for Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), who is backing Clinton, a New
York senator.
Though Feist reaffirmed the network's position that it would not have aired
a question from retired Army Brig. Gen. Keith H. Kerr had it known he was an
unpaid adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Democratic presidential
campaign, he defended CNN's procedures.
The network looked into the backgrounds of people who submitted "very
sensitive questions," Feist said, but didn't ask their party affiliation or
whether they were associated with a campaign.
He said it missed a Clinton press release naming Kerr a co-chair of the
campaign's National Military Veterans group.
The controversy over Kerr highlights the uncertain new terrain facing
campaigns, the media and voters as political activity migrates increasingly
to the Web.
a democrat utube debate while it's also fair to have dems ask questions at a
Republican debate.
That obviously makes perfect sense to the DailyKos crowd.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/7099.html
The retired general who quizzed Republican presidential candidates about
gays and lesbians in the military was not the only person linked to a
Democratic presidential candidate who got to ask a question at Wednesday's
CNN/YouTube debate.
CNN also aired questions from supporters of Democratic candidates John
Edwards and Barack Obama.
And that's fine by the network, which is standing by its question selection
process and lashing out at critics who say the debate demonstrated CNN's
liberal bias.
"We're focused on the questions, not the questioners," said Sam Feist, CNN's
political director.
"There were 5,000 questions sent in and we wanted to have the best
questions. I think we found them," he said, pointing out that the estimated
4.9 million viewers made it the most-watched presidential primary debate in
cable history.
A 20-year-old student from Texas who asked the candidates about
criminalizing abortion openly backs Edwards, a former North Carolina
senator.
A Florida man who asked why a gay Republican group should support each
candidate and whether the candidates would accept its support is a backer of
Obama, an Illinois senator.
And a mother who asked the candidates about what they'd do to limit the
importation of dangerous goods from China works for a union that has
endorsed Edwards.
Additionally, a Californian who asked a question about crop subsidies in
2004 interned for Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), who is backing Clinton, a New
York senator.
Though Feist reaffirmed the network's position that it would not have aired
a question from retired Army Brig. Gen. Keith H. Kerr had it known he was an
unpaid adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Democratic presidential
campaign, he defended CNN's procedures.
The network looked into the backgrounds of people who submitted "very
sensitive questions," Feist said, but didn't ask their party affiliation or
whether they were associated with a campaign.
He said it missed a Clinton press release naming Kerr a co-chair of the
campaign's National Military Veterans group.
The controversy over Kerr highlights the uncertain new terrain facing
campaigns, the media and voters as political activity migrates increasingly
to the Web.
