Oy VEY...CNN to "educate voters" with a "Teabagger Presidential Debate" on Labor Day 2011

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.salon.com/news/2012_elections/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/12/17/tea_party_debate

CNN will co-host a Republican presidential debate next year with the Tea Party Express, which is basically a PAC run by Republican political operatives. It is a slightly puzzling decision from a "basic standards of journalistic ethics" standpoint, although from a "desperation for attention and the participation of a bunch of Fox employees" standpoint it actually makes perfect sense.

CNN political director Sam Feist is excited for this opportunity to attempt to justify having a Republican campaign operation sponsor a presidential debate on a supposedly objective news network:

Sam Feist, CNN Political Director and Vice President of Washington-based programming said, "The Tea Party movement is a fascinating, diverse, grassroots force that already has drastically changed the country's political landscape."

"Undecided voters turn to CNN to educate themselves during election cycles, so it is a natural fit for CNN to provide a platform for the diverse perspectives within the Republican Party, including those of the Tea Party," Feist added.

The debate will happen on Labor Day 2011, in Tampa, Fla., and it won't even be the first debate of the 2012 cycle, because they're also holding one in early June.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Trying to break into the alternative reality programming market

Big business.

[ixion]

2. I believe the correct phrase is "edjumicate voters"

at least where the teabaggers are concerned. :evilgrin:

Or, in the parlance of Our Time, they're going to open up a big can of Teh Stupid on them. :rofl:

[ladjf]

3. Tabloid journalism. What's next? Palin is impregnated by a

space alien? nt

[KharmaTrain]

4. CNN's New Motto: Scared And Desperate...

This network continues to find new ways to destroy whatever credibility they once had. It's caught up in it's own "reality" now based solely on "conventional wisdom"...they no longer cover news, they cover the prattle.

I expect this debate season will be both amusing and extremely tedious. There'll be endless GOTB debates as all the cables will want their "exclusives" and the candidates love the free air time.