Buh-bye, Candy Crowley By Thomas Lifson

[mystery-ak]

http://www.thewrap.com/candy-crowley-out-at-cnn/


Candy Crowley Out at CNN
TV   | By Jordan Chariton on December 5, 2014 @ 11:17 am

“State of the Union” Host Candy Crowley is out at CNN after 27 years; TheWrap has Jeff Zucker's memo

Longtime CNN political anchor Candy Crowley is leaving the network, insiders familiar with the situation confirmed to The Wrap.

In a memo obtained by TheWrap, network president Jeff Zucker announced the news.

    December 5, 2014
    In her 27 years at CNN, Candy Crowley has been one of the most important and impactful journalists on our air. Since she joined us in 1987, her assignments have taken her to all 50 states, covering a broad range of political stories, including presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races. Candy made her mark covering the presidential campaigns of Pat Buchanan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Bob Dole, Jesse Jackson, Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan and Mitt Romney. And as we all remember, she made her mark yet again in 2012 when she became the first woman to moderate a presidential debate in 20 years.

    To say she lives and breathes politics is more than an understatement. She has an innate ability to sense its nuance, push its limits, and ask questions that others won't. She is beloved in Washington even by those that she so skillfully takes to task on Sunday mornings. And she's an award-winning journalist – taking home everything from a Peabody and Emmys to an Edward R. Murrow award. She is a television news icon.

    Thus, it is with mixed emotions, that I wanted to let you know that Candy has let us know that she has made the decision to move on, so she can embark on the next chapter of her already prolific career. As difficult as it is for us to imagine CNN without Candy, we know that she comes to this decision thoughtfully, and she has our full support. There will be more time in the weeks ahead for all of you who have been lucky enough to work with Candy to share your own thanks for all she has done. But for now, on behalf of everyone at CNN, I want to extend my sincere gratitude and appreciation.

    Jeff

No word on who will replace Crowley as host of Sunday's “State of the Union,” airing at 9am ET. Top contenders would be CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who was brought over from ABC and is one of CNN's top political anchors, former “State of the Union” anchor John King, who now hosts “Inside Politics” at 8:30amET right before “SOTU,” or someone under the radar.

Let's not forget, former “Meet the Press” moderator David Gregory has been linked to CNN, and might be an ideal fit for Zucker, knowing each other from their respective NBC News days.

Another dark horse: Katie Couric, who has been serving as Yahoo News’ Global Anchor, but insiders tell TheWrap is “itching to get back on TV.”

The Sunday morning political shows are a vital ratings opportunity for broadcast networks like ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox, who air “This Week,” “Face the Nation,” “Meet the Press,” and “Fox News Sunday” respectively.

It has never been a big ratings hit on cable news, so Zucker might have that in mind when choosing Crowley's replacement.

Crowley had a long career at CNN, reporting and then anchoring in close to three decades. A bright spot for Crowley happened in 2012, when she became the first female to moderate a presidential debate in more than 20 years.

[Millee]

Pravda hiring??   

[mountaineer]

They got tired of her eating all the donuts.

[jmyrlefuller]

I wonder if al-Jazeera is hiring.

[Free Vulcan]

Ding dong the witch is dead.

[Relic]

I hope she remains unemployed and ends up on obmacare, living the life of "Julia".

[Lando Lincoln]

Damn you Candy, Sandy and Christie...
                                           - Mitt

[mystery-ak]

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/12/buhbye_candy_crowley.html

December 6, 2014
Buh-bye, Candy Crowley
By Thomas Lifson

Candy Crowley finally is out at CNN, in what sounds like her being fired. Of course, those words would never be used, but how hard is it to decipher the code when CNN head Jeff Zucker wrote in an internal memo that she “has made the decision to move on” and she has no specific plans for her next gig?

Crowley now joins Dan Rather in a Hall of Shame of journalism, for her transparent coordination with the Obama campaign trying to flummox Mitt Romney in the second presidential debate of 2012. Recall that president Obama stmbled badly in the first debate, and momentum seemed to be behind the Romney campaign. But then, Crowley just happened to have a transcript in hand to wave and back-up a misleading claim of Obama.



The Daily Caller summarizes what happened:

    “Candy Crowley committed one of the most significant blunders of any moderator in the history of presidential debates,” Ryan Williams, a former Romney spokesman, told The Daily Caller.

    Infamously, while moderating the second of three presidential debates in 2012, Crowley decided to correct Gov. Romney and confirm President Barack Obama’s claim that he described the Benghazi attack as an act of terror the day after the event, while that is not true, as the Washington Post’s fact checker Glenn Kessler noted at the time.

    “He did, in fact, sir, call it an act of terror,” Crowley interjected, telling Romney, leading to one of the more memorable moments during the three debates.

    “Can you say that a little louder, Candy?” Obama asked her, to which she obliged.

The Romney campaign never recovered from that momentum shift. It is impossible to claim that Crowley threw the election, but it is also impossible to claim that she had no effect.

Crowley’s Sunday Morning talk show, State of the Union, is an also-ran in the ratings derby, like CNN programming in general. Variety delicately phrases it:

…the show represents CNN’s efforts to be part of the news cycle at that time, when influential viewers tune in to see what they can glean from U.S. senators, Cabinet members and the like.

By virtue of the time slot, there is considerable media interest in who will replace Crowley. Mediaite lists the main contenders:

    Dana Bash. She wrote a gushing tribute to Crowley that made no mention of her presidential debate perfidy.
    Jake Tapper. ABC veteran, pretty decent reputation.
    Briana Keilar. (Honestly, never heard of her, but then, like most people, I rarely watch CNN.) But she's pretty and blonde.
    Jim Acosta. CNN’s White House correspondent.
    Don Lemon. Black and openly gay. A twofer!
    John King. Veteran reporter with silver hair and a bigger reputation than the others.

There is also one other dark horse. God forbid, the Perkster herself, now lurking on the internet. Via The Wrap:

Another dark horse: Katie Couric, who has been serving as Yahoo News’ Global Anchor, but insiders tell TheWrap is “itching to get back on TV.”

Good riddance, I say.

[xfreeper]

I could never understand how this grotesque bovine could last one minute on any televised show (except maybe biggest losers). Not only is she hard to listen to because of her obvious animus. She is just plain hard to look at. She’d be ideal for radio IF she wasn’t also hard to listen to. Nothing going for her at all. Could never get it.

[evadR]

I could never understand how this grotesque bovine could last one minute on any televised show (except maybe biggest losers). Not only is she hard to listen to because of her obvious animus. She is just plain hard to look at. She’d be ideal for radio IF she wasn’t also hard to listen to. Nothing going for her at all. Could never get it.

LOL
She is indeed grotesque, in all ways... looks, agenda, mannerisms. A complete waste of a carbon unit.

[olde north church]

I could never understand how this grotesque bovine could last one minute on any televised show (except maybe biggest losers). Not only is she hard to listen to because of her obvious animus. She is just plain hard to look at. She’d be ideal for radio IF she wasn’t also hard to listen to. Nothing going for her at all. Could never get it.

I'm betting fetish porn.