Newt Gingrich often made political hay during the GOP presidential debates by bashing the mainstream media. But in a meeting this week with Delaware tea party officials, Gingrich said that CNN was more “fair and balanced” than Fox News. “In our experience, Callista and I both believe CNN is less biased than Fox this year,” Gingrich said. “We are more likely to get neutral coverage out of CNN than we are of Fox, and we’re more likely to get distortion out of Fox. That’s just a fact.” Gingrich claimed that Fox favored Romney over him and the other GOP candidates. “I assume it’s because (owner and CEO Rupert) Murdoch at some point said, ‘I want Romney,’ and so ‘fair and balanced’ became ‘Romney,’” Gingrich said. A Fox News spokeswoman speculated that Gingrich was auditioning for a job at CNN.
Mitt Romney unwittingly sparked the firestorm over his wife’s life last week by twice saying he wished she could take questions he was being asked on the gender gap. Ann “reports to me regularly that the issue women care about most is the economy,” he told a group of newspaper editors. That prompted the Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus to respond: “Note to candidate: Women aren’t a foreign country. You don’t need an interpreter to talk to them. Even if you’re not fluent in their language, they might appreciate if you gave it a try.” Still, the Obama campaign was right to slap down Democratic consultant Hilary Rosen for saying Wednesday that Ann Romney “has actually never worked a day in her life” and is no expert on women’s economic problems because “she doesn’t have any.” As the would-be first lady tweeted in response: “I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work.” Michelle Obama also tweeted: “Every mother works hard, and every woman deserves to be respected.”
Newt Gingrich often made political hay during the GOP presidential debates by bashing the mainstream media. But in a meeting this week with Delaware tea party officials, Gingrich said that CNN was more “fair and balanced” than Fox News. “In our experience, Callista and I both believe CNN is less biased than Fox this year,” Gingrich said. “We are more likely to get neutral coverage out of CNN than we are of Fox, and we’re more likely to get distortion out of Fox. That’s just a fact.” Gingrich claimed that Fox favored Romney over him and the other GOP candidates. “I assume it’s because (owner and CEO Rupert) Murdoch at some point said, ‘I want Romney,’ and so ‘fair and balanced’ became ‘Romney,’” Gingrich said. A Fox News spokeswoman speculated that Gingrich was auditioning for a job at CNN.
