CNN Takes It Easy on Clinton During Debate

CNN has been criticized over the past few days for not challenging presidential hopeful, Senator Hillary Clinton, with tough questions regarding her positions on the issue. This is coming after a very poor performance by the Senator in a debate a couple of weeks ago hosted by MSNBC's Tim Russert. Clinton was upset after the debate, saying that she was picked on by Russert and the other candidates, and her campaign gave a stern warning to CNN's Wolf Blitzer not to have a repeat performance, and he seemed to heed her request.

How was it easy? One of her questions asked from Maria Parra-Sandoval, a senior political science major at UNLV, was, "This is a fun question for you. Do you prefer diamonds or pearls?" The only problem is that this isn't the question that Parra-Sandoval wanted to ask. Her original question was, "Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is the proposed site for the country's nuclear repository. Despite scientific evidence that it is a vulnerable site, the federal government continues to push for the plan to move forward. The evidence relied on is unsound and the risks involved in transporting high-level radioactive waste across the country are high. What will you do to ensure that the best site is chosen for the storage of spent nuclear reactor fuel?" Just a bit harder, but CNN decided against it at the last minute.

The college student has even been taking some heat for asking the question from her peers, even though she had no choice in the matter. She was told by one student that she was giving the university a bad name for asking such a question, and a rumor is going around campus the she, a Mexican-American, had set back the Chicano movement.

RedState had the following to say on the issue: "Meanwhile, one of the most powerful and influential news organizations out there has decided to stack its commentariat deck in favor of Hillary Clinton, not be upfront about it and tell audience members to ask her trivial questions about whether she prefers diamonds or pearls instead of asking her about, oh, more important matters. Gosh. And people are somehow still surprised that the Blogosphere has risen up as an alternative source of news and information."

I really can't believe that CNN would actually do this during a presidential debate. If anything, getting Clinton riled up would give them higher ratings, because everyone is just waiting to see her mess up. Apparently the Clinton political machine is as strong as ever, and they can pretty much influence the entire world, so I am eager to see what is going to happen over the next few months and see how things pan out.