CNBC's GOP Debate: More Like the Spanish Inquistion

Did anyone think that replacing the "MS" in MSNBC with a "C" would somehow eliminate their extreme liberal bias?  CNBC has proven that it can lean just as far left as MSNBC.  Almost every question asked by the panel members of that exhibition of liberalism was designed, not to find out which candidate should be President, but instead, to try and prove why none of them should.  The very first question asked them to describe their greatest "weakness" rather than their strengths.  In another example of bias, Becky Quick said this to Carly Fiorina:

"You were fired by Hewlitt-Packard and now you want to be hired as President."

That wasn't a question. That was a statement and an insult.  A personal attack by one of the moderators against one of the candidates vying for the Republican nomination.  Those questioning the debaters need to be reminded that the word moderator is derived from the word "moderate" or, supposedly non-partisan.

That "debate" was more like an Inquisition, where the assumption is that each participant was guilty of something.  It was a shameful exposure of the type of liberal media bias that Republicans contend with every day.  Marco Rubio said it best: "Democrats have the ultimate Super PAC, the mainstream media".

References:

CNBC's Smarmy Moderators Had It Coming: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/10/28/the-biggest-loser-cnbc-republican-debate-the-media/qoTnfU0XxAdmcnvTvDOJLJ/story.html

Transcript: Read the Full Text of the CNBC Republican Debate:  http://time.com/4091301/republican-debate-transcript-cnbc-boulder/

Rubio: Democrats Have The Ultimate Super PAC, The Mainstream Media: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/10/28/rubio_democrats_have_the_ultimate_super_pac_the_mainstream_media.html

CNBC Poll: Only 24% Give Obama Good Marks On The Economy

Just last week, President Obama gave a speech at Northwestern University to hype his economic accomplishments.  But, as I have said before in this blog, people aren't feeling real good about their particular economic situations because their incomes are still lower than when Obama took office; and, most of the jobs created are low paying.  Note this pictorial from a New York Times article on that very topic:

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This is why, in the latest CNBC poll, Obama only gets a 24% approval rating on the economy; down from 33% a year ago.

However, this seems to escape the folks at CNBC.  They seem perplexed by the fact that the President's poll numbers are so low even with an improving economy.  In the video (see first link below), CNBC's Chief Economist, Steve Liesman can't understand why improving unemployment numbers haven't helped the President.  But, Liesman, like so many other cheerleaders and apologists for Obama, would be well advised to look at the low quality of those falling unemployment numbers.  Maybe, then, he would understand why people don't like the current handling of the economy.

References:

October 7th: Confidence in Obama on economy sinks to new low: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102063107?trknav=homestack:topnews:1

October 2nd: Obama Touts Economic Gains Under His Watch: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/obama-speak-economy-northwestern-25909807

Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/business/economy/recovery-has-created-far-more-low-wage-jobs-than-better-paid-ones.html

How Stupid!

This morning, CNBC actually fell for a bogus email and announced that the U.S. Chamber of Congress was behind the climate change bill that is working its way through Congress. The stupidity of CNBC is that U.S. Chamber of Commerce would never get behind Cap and Trade because they know, more than anyone else, that it would kill American businesses and jobs. Rather than fact-check before they did their "BREAKING NEWS" alert, CNBC didn't even question the validity of that email and went ahead and reported the lie. The reality is that this fake email was sent to them by a pro-Obama, pro-Climate change group (Click to See Full Story) who has sent out other bogus emails in the past.

This just shows how eager the media is to promote any left-wing agenda being backed by Barack Obama.

Ya know. It's all about love. And, when you're in love...love is blind.

To be fair, Fox Business also fell for this bogus email; but Fox News didn't. The same can't be said for the always Obama-loving subsidiary of Obama Inc., General Electric, and its cable operations like CNBC and MSNBC. After all, it was one of CNBC's star anchors who once called George W. Bush a "monkey" (Click to See Full Story). No political bias there!