AFTER 27 YEARS CANDY CROWLEY FIRED…SEE NOTE
Posted By Ruth King on December 7th, 2014
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I feel a flush of schadenfreude…rsk
After 27 Years at CNN, News Host Who Meddled in the 2012 Elections to Protect Obama is Out of a Job
By Jennifer Van Laar
After 27 years with the network, Candy Crowley is out at CNN.
After the 2012 Presidential Debate she moderated between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the State of the Union host was roundly criticized for seeming to take sides.When Romney questioned Obama’s claim that he had called Benghazi an act of terror in a Rose Garden ceremony the day after the attack, as opposed to blaming it on a spontaneous demonstration, Crowley said, “He did, in fact.”
Later, Crowley told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that Romney “was right in the main. I just think he picked the wrong word.” According to The Wrap, in a memo they obtained,
CNN President Jeff Zucker said of Candy:
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.
A replacement has not been named, though The Wrap mentioned Jake Tapper and John King as strong contenders. Tapper would be an interesting pick, as he is one of the few traditional media journalists whom conservatives respect.
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