The RNC has said “buh-bye” to CNN and NBC for the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination debates, ostensibly due to the two networks planning shows about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The conventional wisdom is that it’s a big mistake — but is it?
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.