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    RNC warns networks: Drop Clinton movies or lose 2016 GOP debates



    RNC warns networks: Drop Clinton movies or lose 2016 GOP debates


    By Jonathan Easley - 08/05/13 11:49 AM ET


    Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus threatened to pull the group’s partnership with NBC and CNN for 2016 GOP presidential primary debates if the networks moved ahead with plans to air films on Hillary Clinton.



    “If they have not agreed to pull this programming prior to the start of the RNC’s Summer Meeting on August 14, I will seek a binding vote stating that the RNC will neither partner with these networks in 2016 primary debates nor sanction primary debates they sponsor,” Preibus said in a statement.


    In individual letters to CNN president Jeff Zucker and NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt, Priebus called the documentaries “a thinly veiled attempt at putting a thumb on the scales of the 2016 presidential election.”

    “This special treatment is unfair to the candidates for the Democratic nomination in 2016 who might compete against Secretary Clinton…and to the Republican nominee should Clinton compete in the general election,” Preibus wrote.


    The RNC chairman cited executives and employees from both networks who have been “generous supporters” of Clinton and the Democrats.
    “This suggests a deliberate attempt at influencing American political opinion in favor of a preferred candidate,” Priebus wrote. “I find this disturbing and disappointing."



    The chairman concluded that moving ahead with the movie projects was evidence that neither network could be trusted to be fair arbiters in a presidential debate.



    CNN announced last month it had planned a feature-length film on the life of the former secretary of State and possible Democratic
    presidential contender. NBC will air a four-hour mini-series starring Diane Lane as Clinton.



    Polls show Clinton is the clear early favorite for the Democratic nomination, but she has yet to declare an interest in a 2016 bid.
    Last edited by kathyet2; 08-05-2013 at 01:16 PM.

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