Cenk Uygur
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Fox News Blames Crowley/Truth for Obama Debate Win
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October 18, 2012
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3:39Now PlayingMany conservative commentators quickly trained their sights on a common enemy during the debate: Candy Crowley, the moderator.
Ms. Crowley, they complained, let Mr. Obama speak for longer than Mr. Romney. She fact-checked the Republican without fact-checking the Democrat. And she even told Mr. Romney to take his seat.
One of the lead headlines on the Drudge Report late Tuesday night said, "Candy gives Obama 9 percent more time..."
Laura Ingraham, the author and radio host, said on Twitter, "Candy ALWAYS lets Obama blow the clock..."
But the most serious criticism of Ms. Crowley from the right was focused on her handling of an exchange between the two candidates over Libya and when the president declared the attack on the United States diplomatic mission there a terrorist attack.
Mr. Romney accused the president of waiting 14 days before he declared it an act of terror. Ms. Crowley responded: "He did call it an act of terror."
Because Mr. Obama was not direct in his remarks — he initially said of the attack "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation" — Republicans have pounced, saying he blamed a video that mocked Islam.
Charles Krauthammer, the columnist and Fox News analyst, accused Ms. Crowley of "contaminating" the debate with her intervention. John H. Sununu, a top Romney adviser, said Ms. Crowley "had no business doing a real-time fact check, if you will, because she was dead wrong."* Cenk Uygur breaks down why Fox News decided to blame Candy Crowley for Romney's debate-wallop.
*Read more from Jeremy W. Peters/New York Times:
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