This morning on "Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien," CNN's Candy Crowley talks about her experience moderating the second presidential debate with Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.
Many folks are talking about Crowley's statement that President Obama was right when he claimed that he called the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi an "act of terror."
"I was trying to move this along," Crowley says. "The question was Benghazi...there was this point they both kind of looked at me, you know, Romney's looking at me, the president is looking at me, and I wanted to move this along. Can we get back to the - so I said, he did say "acts of terror", called it an "act of terror", but Governor Romney, you were perfectly right that it took weeks for them to get past the tape."
See more in the clip above.
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We do not need for the deaths of Americans to be justified or politicalized! This is sad as Americans should come together as we did when Bush attacked a another country that never attacked us or that Ryan cut 3 billion in security for our embassies... All presidents make decisions that are hard that is there job... Quit using the deaths of americans as a political tool...
This is a great example of liberal bias. Having Soledad (The one with the most liberal bias) ask Candy crowley to defend herself is the most blatant display of bias.
And by "move this along...", she meant the agenda of the left.
crowley is Obama wreching crew she lie and then said i want to move the show along. it was a town hall debate not a race. her man was about to get his butt kick so she step in. Crowley ask him for a raise you may of save is job. CBB CBS ABC NBC are all Obama backers and w8ill due any thing to see him win so the next one will be just as bad for romney when you spent move time about binnder then the fact you know it a set up.
You are a disgrass as a commenter if you are going to fat check at the debate excuse me I meant fact check from the fat chick. Your media bias is also a disgrass..
Mitt Romney is poor in maths.For him 16-10 is 16.Killing big bird will balance the budget.He beleives he can reduce tax attack every country in the world and can reduce deficit and provide 24 million jobs and the list goes on.
What I don't understand is how you can condemn Candy for fact checking right there on the spot while millions are tuning in. That is what we are all looking for..the facts.
Future moderators and the Presidential Debate committee should start implementing an element of fact checking DURING the debates, not days later when no one is watching.
It was absolutely her place. Thank you Candy.
to me, she was a disgrace, a partisan lefty, doing all she could to make the president look good, and romney bad. luckily she did not succeed. pardon me, but that seem to be par for the course as far as cnn is concerned.
Oh, I know that her blatant,prpObama intercession turned me off CNN. I long ago, pre 2008, stopped viewing MSNBC; never did Fox because of blatant views. I thought CNN was somewhat more even but Crowly using something like a debate before a huge audience (most of whom never heard of her) and showed her bias and support of Obamain what as a moderator should have been neutral. Bye CNN. She ruined my opinion of you.
"The blatantly disingenuous equal pay narrative that women make 72 cents on the male dollar when apples-to-apples studies show it to really be 95-96 cents on the male dollar. Sorry, comparing unskilled at-home day care workers' pay with that of skilled electrical engineers is not an honest comparison. " I'm confused- are you saying an "unskilled at home day care worker" really 95 -96 cents per dollar when compared with an electrical engineer ? Are you serious ? do you really think an at home day care worker actually has their salary compared to an electrical engineer and THAT is the disparity?! and btw-day care is not a flufff job.
Crowley was wrong and egregiously so. Soledad O'Brien is another matter. She is so biased that the Democratic National Committee should pay her a consulting fee.
Candy Crowley should be so ashamed of herself! We all thought that she was going to be fair and unbiased and she did not live up to that at all. Where is her integrity? She interrupted Romney so many times and even – I could not believe it – told him to sit down. Just when Romney had Obama on the ropes about Libya – she shut him down and lied about what Obama had said. To think that you could try to change the complexion of a presidential debate. Just remember Candy – What goes around – comes around. KARMA – This blemish will be on you all your life. It is so obvious that the Obama administration was not calling what happened in Libya terrorism but kept blaming the "video". Four Americans were murdered unnecessarily in Libya and you all are involved in covering it up instead of being responsible journalist and trying to get to the truth.
Miss Crowley is commanded by President Obama to "get the transcript Candy" and she conveniently had it in her hand at that exact moment. .If CNN does not fire her for appearing to have conspired with the Obama campaign and lieing about it afterwards and for costing CNN to loose viewers.and I am sure many people hold CNN responsible for what their employees, do,they will continue to drop in the ratings. Your main competition Fox claims to be fair and balanced. It is time for you to show that you are not committed to any political party.If you don't you will not survive much longer. Have a little courage and fire her now. Denise
Well, it sure was nice of Candy to decide that this was the one issue that she should jump in on to act as fact checker.
I wonder why she didn't challenge Obama's assertion that Planned Parenthood provide important services, like mammograms. In fact, they don't.
Selective fact checking.......and CN*N wonders why they're taking heat.
Could someone please ask Crowley why she thought it was correct for a moderator to correct anyone? She should NEVER moderate a debate again. NEVER
Crowley is a Republican and has always been a Republican. What she is not is a liar. I Know its hard to belive ? A Republican that doesnt lie ! Who'd a thought? Mybe the problem is Mitt so flip- floppy she got confused, on the party line. Or mybe she just messed up and told the truth. I PERFER THE { NOT A LAIR }.
With regards to the candidate's Libya exchange, Candy Crowley couldn't help but display her bias for Pres. Obama. IMO, it was a blatant corruption of the debate process.
For approx. the past two years I have watched "State of the Union" on Sunday mornings; however, will no longer be watching. I'll probably miss the program; but it's the only protest I can make.
she needs to go out to the public to say sorry for what she did to help a Liar not trying to make excuse of her bad moderating last Thursday.
If she just wanted to move things along, why didn't she say "Actually you didn't say that Mr. President". That would have moved things along and it would have been accurate. She couldn't keep her ego in check and her bias stored. She ought to be fired. I'll never watch another debate that she has any role in.
Thanks, Candy, for the wonderful job that you did with the debate. As I understood it, participants were not to ask each other the questions. That had been violated and I have not heard any complaint.
I can't believe how dispectful Romney and other Republicans have been to this President–to the person and the position. I thought it was your job to determine who speaks. Thanks for doing a wonderful job. You make the women of America proud.
You need to fire Candy Crowley. She knew exactly what she was doing and so did Obama. How did he even know that she had a transcript to produce? This entire scene was staged beforehand to get Obama off of the hot seat. Boo to CNN if you don't get rid of her.
Wayne P.Owens Sr.
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Nothing to see here - CNN, Candy Crowley, doing what comes naturally and often and that is being the protector, facilitator and propagandist for the progressive movement. Snakes bite because that is their nature - CNN's aiding and abetting the progressive movement- – Obama in this case – just comes naturally, as such bias is part of CNN'S DNA.
October 17, 2012 at 6:14 pm | Reply
Her actions were so utterly predictable. She couldn't even pull this off without showing her blatant partiality. She's unfit as a debate "moderat"or and should never be in that seat again.
The issue to me is "journalists" becoming part of any story they are covering or participating in as moderator. It is simultaneously awkward and disgusting. Can you imagine Walter Cronkite or Edward R Murrow going on the gab shows the next day with this shameless promotion. IMO a pure journalist is invisible. I know it is difficult in this day and age of 24 hour news cycle but at least try. I'm not singling out Ms Crowley as she is likable enough, its just the entire news mess! I am so tired of talking heads interviewing talking heads!! Thanks I feel better now.
Why would a reporter interject that false and inflamatory piece of info that was so obviously intended to gain favor for her fave? Who so gratefully took the bone and laughingly thanked her for 'clearing it up'. That interchange was the most blatantly shameful of the few that occurred during the debate. Do you really think we are unable to discern the slant?
Days later the incorrect narrative is still out there, and only 4 people have commented thus far on the faux pas here. Reverse that with over 1,000 snide comments about Tagg Romney's rhetorical (and very human) response that he wanted to punch the president, and you can see where our current political state is and how far we've fallen. Certainly Obama's response to this attack is a bit more important than his opponent's son voicing frustration that he wouldn't ever act upon.
That is such a pathetic excuse, "I was trying to move things along." She revealed herself as the biased, prejudiced, bigoted hack she is and should relegated to covering dump fires.
Crowley is so pathetic. In the name of trying to cover her bias and obvious mistake she makes up a story about trying to move things along. Pure bovine excrement.
It was a huge blunder on her part. A complete insult to women all over America. Not just the fact that she would interject her opinion, but that she would completely side with a liar. How can you liberals call yourselves good people? You side always with the liar, you don't care one bit about the families of the dead! What else can we expect from the liberal owned media?
Candy's explanation is too late...she is a true 'hack'! She should be ashamed but i doubt she is!!!
Crowley's explanation is feeble and too late. 65 million people watching only heard her say teh Presdient is right. Why didn't anyone ask Crowley WHY she chose to interrupt Romny 28 times while only interrupting OBama 4 times? Or why did Obama get and 4:20 of time over Romney? In the three dabtes now Obam and Biden have a 13:17 additonal time advantage over Romney / Ryan. Thats liberal media bias at its worst!
Wouldn't it be nice if just once FOX news folks could moderate one fo thee debates? You bet it would!
If the moderators are going to be partners with the candidates I think it would be good to ask Fox to moderate a debate. I think we need to get someone like Hannity involved to level the playing field.
Because Romney went over his time limit that many times and didn't any respect for the rules of the debate. That (funny enough) is the reason you don't want Fox "News" pundits moderating
WHY? Mitt over stepped his time Twenty eight times SO Rude, pushy, and strayed from topic.Yes I would like to see Fox Moderate . Good for a laugh. Only two kinds of Republicans the rich and the blind
Candy,
If you want to move the debate along you say (ok gentleman next question) You should be traded from CNN to MSNBC
Its obvious that Crowley favored one candidate (Obama) over another. The election process in the United States is getting worse and worse.
What is really surprising about this?! Spin. spin, spin... Of course Ms. Soledad is going to try and "fix it". Her head is so far up Obama's butt that she has no choice but! It's obvious The "Chubby Woman" can't be impartial. She has indicated so herself.
So, I ask again, what else is new?! Next the Democrats will be saying that it's all Hillary's fault. With the Obama administration, there are no secret cows. Soledad/Candy, hint, hint! By the way, where is Bill Clinton? He defends Obama's lies and failed policies, but will not stand up for Hillary! Hmm!!!
One more question, if I may. How can the Obama zombies continue to defend/support a person (Obama) who has no respect for the American people, whether white, Black, Latino, Jew, etc., etc., etc?!
well said jerry.
Although I thought she was out of line and seemed to have caught herself making a spontaneous statement in support of Obama, I was more concerned with Crowley choosing a question that promotes the blatantly disingenuous equal pay narrative that women make 72 cents on the male dollar when apples-to-apples studies show it to really be 95-96 cents on the male dollar. Sorry, comparing unskilled at-home day care workers' pay with that of skilled electrical engineers is not an honest comparison. Or how about the "uncommitted" Latina voter, Loraine, who when called on to ask a question of Romney completely brushed Romney off and practically orgasmed in her chair saying "hi" to Obama, then spoke to Romney like he was her annoying next door neighbor. Uncommitted my rear end. That was laughable. She was like the 14 year-old high school Freshman meeting the star Senior quarterback. *giggles*.
Puhleze...gag me.
Well, Obama is a cooler guy than Romney.
What I can't figure out is why it matters if she's uncommitted or not? The question was still a perfectly reasonable one.
A cooler guy? Is this race for most popular?
So Kaleb let me get this straight because you think Obama is cool he should be reflected as president on his cool factor.people with your lack of brains could make a comment like that. Please do not vote you are to stupid please stay home in your cool bubble.
That's what American voters' knowledge about choosing the commander in chief of our country, based on "coolness" just like a teenager decided to sleep with a football player because he's cool no wonder the whole country got knocked up.
The 2008 election really defines the American's intelligence, the whole world is laughing at us. Somphomore senatoe, community organize, a lawyer oh my.