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Christie on CNBC Debate: Moderators ‘Awful,’ ‘Bias’

Thursday on Fox New Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Republican presidential candidate Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said the CNBC moderators of the Republican primary debate last night were “bias” and “awful.” Christie said “Well, listen, the moderators last night were awful. And

Lousy Moderators Help Second-Tier GOP Candidates Break Out At CNBC Debate

Just about every pre-debate warm-up analysis predicted it would be a make-or-break debate for the second-tier Republican candidates… and it was. All four were aided enormously by the horrible amateur-hour of CNBC’s moderators, who should be looking for new jobs after their ridiculous performance, spewing Democrat National Committee talking points disguised as questions and talking over the candidates.

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Ben Carson Campaign: Donald Trump Right, CNBC Wanted Longer Debate

GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson’s spokesperson Deana Bass told Breitbart News that fellow GOP candidate Donald Trump was right – CNBC planned to have a much longer debate until Trump and Carson negotiated it down to two hours, despite CNBC’s John Harwood arguing the debate was always going to be only two hours.

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GOP Candidates Battle CNBC Anchors, As Audience Boos Multiple Times

Wednesday at CNBC’s Republican presidential debate, the anchors and candidates battled with the blusterous booing audience in heavy support of the candidates. It started when CNBC chief Washington correspondent John Harwood asked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, “Is this a

Chris Christie Has a Breakout Night at GOP Debate

The consensus winner of the CNBC GOP Debate in Boulder, Colorado was Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in second. But New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie deserved the “most improved” award with a performance that could vault him back into serious contention.

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Watch: CNBC Anchor Booed for Question Aimed at Carson

Wednesday at the CNBC Republican presidential debate, when moderator Carl Quintanilla questioned Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson over a company for which he gave paid speeches, the audience disapproved by loudly booing the anchor. Quintanilla  asked, “This is a company

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Cruz Scolds CNBC Anchors: Ask Questions About ‘Substantive Issues’

Wednesday at the CNBC Republican presidential debate, Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) scolded the anchors of the debate for asking only inflammatory questions saying, “Nobody believes that the moderators have any intention of voting in a Republican primary.” Cruz

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Carly Fiorina: Hillary Clinton ‘Flunks Economics’

GOP 2016 candidate Carly Fiorina says Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton “flunks economics” if she believes the economy is better with a Democrat in the White House. “Whose economy is she talking about? The middle class has shrunk under the Obama administration,” Fiorina responded in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.

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The CNBC Debate Moderators On Hillary Clinton and Free Trade

Consumers of political news should understand that the biases of debate moderators are highly relevant. It doesn’t mean moderators with strong views are incapable of running a good debate, but the networks really ought to make portfolios of their moderators’ political history available for easy public consumption. It is fair to ask what sort of perspective these CNBC moderators bring to the presidential contest.

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Ben Carson: RNC, CNBC Should Release Debate Criteria ‘As Soon As Possible’

CNBC will host the debate, on October 28 in Colorado, but the network – along with the RNC – won’t reveal polling and cut-off criteria for the GOP candidates, something GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said is not fair. “I think it’s because they don’t know what the criteria should be, which is kind of unfair,” Carson told Breitbart’s Matthew Boyle during Breitbart News Sunday.

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Chris Christie: Don’t Blame Facebook And Twitter For Evil In America

“So now we are going to blame Twitter or we are going to blame Facebook … well heck, I don’t think that’s the problem,” Chris Christie says. “The problem is, the stuff we put on it. The stuff we put on it is a problem, you know who does that? Someone who takes their device out and types it in. It doesn’t get there by itself.” Christie pointed out that more and more people were frustrated that there was no longer any accountability for one’s actions – especially politicians.

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Texas: Top Place to Do Business 11 Years Running

Texas is once again ranked at the top state in the U.S. to do business. Texas Governor Greg Abbott says it will get even better in the coming years. The ranking was made by Chief Executive’s 2015 Best and Worst States to Do Business report. The magazine surveys top CEOs from 511 companies across the nation. This is the eleventh year in a row that Texas has topped the list.

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