GOP Votes to Ban CNN, NBC from Debates
Not because they're boring and pointless, though
The Republican National Committee (RNC) voted unanimously Friday to pull the group's partnership with NBC and CNN for the 2016 GOP presidential primary debates unless the networks kill their planned films on Hillary Clinton.
"We don't have time for the media's games," RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said before the vote at the RNC summer meeting in Boston. "We're done putting up with this nonsense. There are plenty of other news outlets."
According to the resolution, called "In support of media objectivity and accountability" and obtained by The Hill, the RNC called the planned films "political favoritism" and accused NBC and CNN of airing "programming that amounts to little more than extended commercials promoting former Secretary Clinton."
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.
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