S.C. Debate-Watchers Given the Evil Eye
Upstate CBS affiliate said airing the entire debate was never part of the plan.
Saturday's CBS News/National Journal debate was just getting interesting when viewers in South Carolina watching the show were returned to regularly scheduled programming. It came as a surprise to viewers, moderators and the state Republican Party that South Carolina viewers got the "evil eye" from CBS. At the beginning of the live debate, CBS newsman Scott Pelley told viewers that when the debate moved to the National Journal and Face the Nation websites, stations in South Carolina and on the West Coast would still carry the debate. National Journal's Major Garrett even tweeted it early Saturday. But after a commercial break, instead of seeing moderators Pelley and Garrett, it was Jethro Gibbs and Tony DiNozzo from a rerun of the hit show…
Eric Wood
1:37 am on Monday, November 14, 2011
maizenbluedoc, I think perhaps y'all have forgotten President Obama's performances at the debates when he ran originally. The teleprompter joke is always good for a quick laugh, but there weren't any when he debated before and he did quite well. I think it will all depend on who the GOP ultimately nominates. I think substantively, Speaker GIngrich would be President Obama's toughest opponent in a… more ›