Bachmann, Paul Call Debate Moderators 'Disgraceful'

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GOP Candidates Blast CBS News’ for ‘Disgraceful’ Bias at South Carolina Debate
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/gop-candidates-blast-cbs-news-for-disgraceful-bias-at-south-carolina-debate/

Fireworks were few and far between at the GOP’s foreign policy debate tonight, but if any issue provoked the ire of some candidates it was not each other but rather how CBS News’ moderator Scott Pelley ran the event.

Numerous candidates from Rep. Michele Bachmann to Rep. Ron Paul complained about unfair treatment from the network, arguing that rival campaigns had received far more attention during the debate. The Bachmann campaign went so far as to release an email that they said spokeswoman Alice Stewart had “inadvertently received” from CBS earlier in the day.

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Pelley even waded into the spin room himself, but he did not want to comment on the candidates’ complaints.

“I’ll tell you that the time for all of the candidates was limited. We had an hour and a half. We had eight candidates,” Pelley told reporters. “I’ll also tell you we spent an enormous amount of time, several weeks, counting all of the questions of all the candidates, making sure everyone had a fair shot. Gov. Huntsman, who is polling around 1 percent at this point, made a point of coming up to me on stage and said, ‘I really appreciate how much you talked to the candidates who are not polling very high in numbers.’ So I think the candidates felt they were well treated.”


TPM
Michele Bachmann: I Have Proof CBS Conspired To Marginalize Me In Debate
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/michele-bachmann-says-she-has-proof-cbs-planned-to-avoid-her-on-debate-stage.php

Bachmann cries 'bias' after Saturday debate, calls Dickerson a piece of shit
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/12/bachmann-cries-bias-after-saturday-debate/
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Furious with Dickerson's response, Bachmann's campaign manager Keith Nahigian stormed through the spin room, where he said, "John Dickerson should be fired. He is a piece of shit. He is a fraud and he should be fired."

But in a statement obtained by CNN, the news network described the email chain as a "candid exchange."

"It was a candid exchange about the reality of the circumstances–Bachmann remains at 4% in the polls," said a CBS News spokesperson.

[Contrary1]

1. Listen up, Michelle...God is speaking to you again.

He's saying "No way you're ever gonna be president".

[DJ13]

2. I hate to agree with the whack job Bachmann

But I have to say she has a point about the way debates are ran (including the past Dem debates).

If someone is participating in a debate, they should have equal time.

[Monk06]

3. One hour for eight candidates to repeat the same four talking points..

That's two minutes per lameass GOP dogmatic TP.

No taxes, shrink gov, get rid of the EPA, no regs on Wall St.

Two minutes each is more than enough time.

Oh and now bomb Iran so that's 1.5 minutes. Still doable.

[lpbk2713]

4. If it was run by Faux it would all be scripted.

And because it isn't THAT is what they find disgraceful.

[Marr]

5. That 1% has decided they don't want either of them to be the nominee. You'd think this

whole dynamic would help them see how the range of political dialogue is defined by a tiny elite. But I guess not.

[NBachers]

6. It's God's way of telling them to drop out and join a remote cloister

and live in fever-prayer pennance for this and all future lives.

[SomethingFishy]

7. So it's ok for 1% to control 70% of the wealth

but it's not ok for 1% to control 70% of the debate time. Poor Michelle Bachmann, not getting her fair share... she is a fucking irony factory.

[K8-EEE]

8. OK let's go back to the fairness doctrine, OK Republicans?

Oh wait, that's COMMIE STUFF :eyes: they really need to make up their minds!

[Raine]

9. Those two idiot Senators wasted 15-20 minutes of debate

time on two worthless questions. One question had already been asked and answered and the other didn't even relate to the debate topic which was supposed to be foreign affairs.