Tim Graham @ Newsbusters:
British journalist and historian Tim Stanley is a conservative expert on American politics. He blogged at the Telegraph (U.K.) website that the liberal media lost in the first debate, suffering a “humiliation for an industry that has spent several years setting Obama up as the wisest, most eloquent, most popular politician since FDR.”
Stanley found that American media bookers fully expected Obama to dominate Romney, and were amazed with his bizarre theory that Romney would win. Then when Romney won, they called to ask if he would talk about how debates don’t matter! He wrote:
In the last couple of days, I’ve done a lot of interviews talking about the debate. A conversation with one producer was illustrative of Romney’s battle against poor media expectations. He called just before the debate and said, “So, I guess Obama’s going to win easily tonight. Do you want to come on and talk about it?” I replied that I’d love to but that Romney was actually the stronger debater and I’d be tipping him to win. “Really?” Yes. “Well, that is a surprise. I’m not sure people will buy it, but if you want to say that – it’s up to you.”
The day after the debate he rang again. I was expecting him to say, “Hey, you were right! Can you come on to talk about how Romney won?” Instead, he said, “Can you come to talk about how debates don’t really matter?” I sighed deeply.
We can only guess who the producer was, but let’s at least note that Stanley appeared Tuesday with Brooke Baldwin on CNN. He went against the grain of Obama-will-win in his interview:
STANLEY: It’s very interesting that they’re trying to spin things that way. And my theory is that they’re worried that because of the president’s reputation as a fantastic speaker, and he is a very good speaker, that the audience will be tuning in expecting to see Obama win. And if Romney just holds his own, if he just lands a few punches, then the audience might actually think that Romney won. So I suspect Team Obama is trying to lower expectations, trying to say these debates don’t matter precisely because they’re worried that Mitt Romney will do a good job.
Hey there Tim, it’s nice of you to be concerned, but since when has the media stopped humiliating themselves in the perpetual bootlicking of Obama?
Skooks Hey MARINE you’re a savvy guy. Do you find it at all strange that your compatriots deride the POLLS and the free press when they favor Obama then act like they’re God’s truth when they favor Mitt?
Just askin.
Semper Fi
Rich, in all my posts, I haven’t mentioned the polls. There is only one poll that counts and that one will be on November 6. There are too many ways to pay games for me. They will try to be more accurate in the final days, to reflect their own importance and legitimacy, but in the mean time, it’s a mind game for those who want to play.
Problem is thar Obama could not use his TelePrompTer. If he had, after being asked a question, his staff would figure out a response then program the TelePrompTer. He could read the response and not make a mistake
The networks are completely at fault for not running the debate longer ( like 4-5 hours) so obama’s staff could program the TelePrompTer between responses.
Do I hear a conspiracy theory( dog whistle)? Chris Matthews needs to send over his hot shot research team to uncover the racism behind the networks refusal to allow obama more time. Not Romney, just Obama.