CNN Backs Debate Moderator Candy Crowley, Sends Email Show Of Support


2nd Presidential debate moderator Candy Crowley has come under attack by Mitt Romney supporters for what they saw as a direct show of support for President Obama during Tuesday’s debate and CNN’s Managing Editor is having none of it.

CNN executive Mark Whitaker sent out an email to CNN employees on Wednesday in which he fully backs up Crowley, telling employees that her statements were a matter of fact and that overall the reception to her moderation has been positive.

Here’s the full email sent by Whitaker:

“Let’s start with a big round of applause for Candy Crowley for a superb job under the most difficult circumstances imaginable. She and her team had to select and sequence questions in a matter of hours, and then she had to deal with the tricky format, the nervous questioners, the aggressive debaters, all while shutting out the pre-debate attempts to spin and intimidate her. She pulled it off masterfully.

The reviews on Candy’s performance have been overwhelmingly positive but Romney supporters are going after her on two points, no doubt because their man did not have as good a night as he had in Denver. On the legitimacy of Candy fact-checking Romney on Obama’s Rose Garden statement, it should be stressed that she was just stating a point of fact: Obama did talk about an act (or acts) of terror, no matter what you think he meant by that at the time. On why Obama got more time to speak, it should be noted that Candy and her commission producers tried to keep it even but that Obama went on longer largely because he speaks more slowly. We’re going to do a word count to see whether, as in Denver, Romney actually got more words in even if he talked for a shorter period of time.

Crowley continues to maintain her innocence, posturing that her comment was only meant to highlight a point of fact.

Do you think Candy Crowley over-stepped her role or did she moderate the 2nd presidential debate fairly between President Barack Obama and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney?

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