CNN on debate fax: "How it got in there was unintentional."

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Sure....like we're going to believe that.

Listen up, neuvo-politicos, ANY of the candidates could have had this EXACT same scenario happen to them. Kerry was targeted just so the audience who doesn't know any better can have something to point to with angry fingers.

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But one of the impromptu critiques accidentally made its way into the debate itself. During an audience question-and-answer period, CNN moderator Judy Woodruff said she was just handed a "document" from the campaign of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry saying Howard Dean tried "to kick Vermont seniors off prescription drug plan" when he was governor. She then pressed Dean for a response. He called the accusation silly.

"What I did try to do was get a cigarette tax past the Republican House," Dean said. "I told them if they didn't pass a cigarette tax to pay for our health care program, then they wouldn't be able to fund seniors' prescriptions. They passed the cigarette tax, as I knew they would."

Kerry retorted that his press release was accurate.

"In order to balance his budget, he called for the full termination of what was called the V-Script program, and also turned to seniors and made prescription drugs more expensive for them in order to balance the budget," Kerry said.
The strange moment was actually a mistake, CNN officials admitted.

"Sometimes during the course of these debates weird stuff happens," said Tom Hannon, CNN's political director. "The idea at one point was to read one of these documents to see if the candidates could back up their statement. We ultimately decided against it. How it got in there was unintentional. Not everyone got the word apparently."

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1010debate-side10.html

[West Coast Democrat]

1. The whole incident was very strange

Judy ruined the entire audience question part of the program.

[blm]

2. CNN has its own cadre of BFEE operatives.

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[tom_paine]

6. Yep. The equivalent of the "Larouche" disruptor on Faux

These "debates" and their "new" format is certainly fitting for our "New" Amerikan Empire and IT'S "new" format.

[SeattleRob]

3. it was strange...

The entire incident just confirmed what sleaze bags we have in our media. I also thought Dean handled it very well.

[Cha]

4. Thanks for that! I didn't see it but got very good visual effect

from DUers!

[clar]

5. dupe

and didn't you just post on djcairo's thread on the same subject?

[blm]

7. yes, I did.

You wouldn't want Kerry to continue to be branded unfairly in GD do you?