RNC chief calls on NBC and CNN to nix Hillary Clinton productions

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UPI:

7/5/13

 

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- NBC and CNN must ax programs on ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or face a Republican pullout of the 2016 U.S. primary debates, the GOP chairman warned.

 

In letters to Robert Greenblatt, NBC Entertainment chairman, and Jeff Zucker, CNN Worldwide president, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Monday if the productions weren't canceled before the RNC's summer meeting, he would seek a binding vote of the RNC "to prevent the committee from partnering with these networks in 2016 primary debates or sanctioning debates they sponsor."

 

"It's appalling to know executives at major networks like NBC and CNN who have donated to Democrats and Hillary Clinton have taken it upon themselves to be Hillary Clinton's campaign operatives," Priebus in a statement posted on GOP.com. "Their actions to promote Secretary Clinton are disturbing and disappointing. I hope Americans will question the credibility of these networks and that NBC and CNN will reconsider their partisan actions and cancel these political ads masked as unbiased entertainment.

 

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Transcript: Reince Priebus on Hugh Hewiit Show

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Priebus: DNC Banned Fox from Debates, Why Cant We Avoid CNN, NBC?

Andrew Johnson

August 6, 2013

 

 

We have to control the referees that were bringing into our playground, Priebus said of his threat to prohibit CNN and NBC from holding Republican-primary debates in 2016. The fact of the matter is youve got two networks that are potentially spending millions of dollars, promoting a person they know is at least doing the dance in getting ready for a run for the president.

 

Im not going to sit around and let this happen anymore, he said. The Republican National Committee has announced it will not allow CNN and NBC to hold primary debates unless the networks pulls their production of films theyre planning about former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. It doesnt matter if the films are love letters to Hillary, Priebus said, because, regardless, the networks arent in the business of doing anything but promoting the Democratic party​ (host Sean Hannity had contended the productions would indeed be love letters).

 

Priebus argued that hes simply doing the same thing to manage his partys brand that the DNC did when it prevented Fox News from holding a 2008 debate, and lamented how the 2012 Republican-primary debates had gone. The candidates were faced, he said, with a bunch of moderators who are in the business of making news at the expense of our party and candidates by presenting ridiculous hypotheticals that are never going to be reality, meaning the candidates ultimately sliced and diced each other.

 

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[Pepper]

@Valin

Thinking people already rightly suspect the "credibility of these networks"

 

I would characterize it as the reaction of # pantywaist. Put up a good conservative candidate and the contrast in 2016 should be evident.

 

 

# Like Obama shutting embassies.

[Valin]

@Valin

Thinking people already rightly suspect the "credibility of these networks"

 

I would characterize it as the reaction of # pantywaist. Put up a good conservative candidate and the contrast in 2016 should be evident.

 

 

# Like Obama shutting embassies.

I have an idea. If George Stephanopoulos can moderate a Republican Party Debate, why not have Karl Rove moderate a Democratic Party Debate?