CNN Criticized For Not Fully Disclosing Pundit James Carville's Connection To Clinton Camp

New York Times:

There are very few political analysts more closely associated with the Clintons than James Carville, who was a key adviser to Mr. Clinton in the 1992 campaign.

So it's no surprise that Mr. Carville's appearance on a round table after last night's CNN-sponsored Democratic debate is arousing some morning-after controversy.

Read the whole story: New York Times

Comments

[anghiari]

Hee Hee, he's back. Carville is doing what Carville does. I have always found it interesting that he married a woman who worked for Bush. Mary whazhername? What it tells you is that in the end, the old clubby Democrats are quite possibly interchangable with the Old clubby Repugs when it comes to strategizing a winning formula. I am always stunned how really naive most of America is about how the politics of this country gets done. And, the vast majority of the public always prefers to think its the other party who do the do. I am at once chagrined at what will happen when all of those women who vote for Hillary find out what they've done and then I think its also quite possible they already know the level of manipulation, and ambition, but tell themselves its okay to look the other way because the guys have always done it. I guess what I find most repugnant is that neither Hillary nor her girls are willing to do the thing balls up and in full gear. She wants to be President and is willing to move heaven and earth to get it, but wants to waltz in on the "woman" thang.
Carville is as programmed as Ann Coulter. He is as much yesterday's news as Jesse and Al, yet nobody is too up in arms that he is back...All of these talking heads have whittled away at the citizen's willingness to do the hard work of an informed voter. We suck up spin like it was the mother's milk of politics.

[Airborne2]

Wow you got to be kidding the dude who ran Bill's election, my god this can't be.

There's only one way to stop the planting of questions, the planting of people in the debate, the lying BS by Queen Hillary having horrible info. about and on Obama, the swift boating garbage bull shit they (Clinton) regime pull.

The way to stop it, is to do them before they do you, do them (Clinton) after and during every Fxxxxxx step you take.

Until Obama gets some hair and knocks them (the Clinton Machine) on there ass he will continue to be kicked in the nuts. Barack stand up and fight dammit.................take no prisoners and put your foot on Carville's throat and keep it there. I do know one thing Queen Hillary ain't getting this vote..................

[blueforever]

When are they going to tell us who Campbell Brown is married to? And by the way, who is he working for?

[Lisette]

Hey Carville--nice try-but sorry everyone on the stage has more experience than Hillary-because they got there on their own!!!

And Hillary is very jealous of Barack Obama because he is the one she has to beat and SHE is the one not sure about that. After all, he is much younger and much smarter than she is.

Think about it Carville---has Hillary done anything anywhere ever----besides being a smartass!!??

[godlessclif]

Why is it bashing to talk about Hillary's record?

Why can't Hillary talk policy, why does she say things like, "That is a gotcha question, you are slinging mud, you are using the Republican playbook" when people just ask about drivers licenses.

In this debate she took the Nancy Reagan position and just said no to inmigrante, and Wolf Blitzkreig did not even ask why she changed her mind from the last debate.
Wold let her off the hooks. They planted softballs like do you like diamonds or pearls,
do you wear boxers or briefs.

CNN is the Clinton News Network

[escobar]

Oh yes.
They should consider the connection to the Republican party with it's PNAC agenda of perpetual low level warfare and world conquest of all the major talking heads who are editors of the "News" magazines and who dominate the airwaves all weekend as well as the clowns yacking on MSNBC, pretendind to be unbaised towards the same.
There really are no secrets at all if you are paying attention and can read between the lines in the slightest.

[MNmommy]

I'm curious, in which intro did AC forget to mention that Carville worked for Clinton and was a Hillary supporter? I'm pretty sure that in at least one intro, AC also mentioned that Gergen worked for the Clinton administration, amongst other Republican administrations.

Seriously Arianna, lay the hell off this nonsense, do you realize how annoying your Hillary bashing is getting. It's getting to the point that I'm starting to wonder what's really wrong with Obama that you'd like to keep us distracted from.

[geobushono]

carvilles' schtick got old in about 1993....jim and mary are a well paid dog and pony show.

[meowomon]

What?!? James Carville is a Clinton advisor? Shut Up! Who knew?

Creepy man with a creepy wife. She probably saddles him up and rides him around.

[dora rice]

For all you Hillarry haters. Watch Fox. The unbiased american channel. There is a channel that should satisfy you all the hate and slandering of a person in plain sight. Go for it. You never knew when this country is well off. Or George Bush would not be president today. You fest the same way about Gore. You felt the same way about Kerry. So watch Fox and hail our leader.

[dora rice]

there is no neutral post-debate analyst. You all been dreaming the last 20 years? There is no one neutral on any network anymore. Is there one soul neutral on Fox? Keep dreaming.

[BigBagel]

Shut up and listen. Your candidate has been picked for you Democrats. Now go out and vote.

[MRb1000]

Yeah if you have your people at the table you can bend the truth to your favor. It is just like in corporation. If you do not have a seat at the corporate board table you do not have a voice. This is the good old boy treatment.

[EspressoAtNoon]

When is the next Democratic Debate and which Network hosts it? Please someone tell me it's NOT CNN. I couldn't stomach another one of those Hillary coronations.

[Tshober]

I am a Clinton supporter and I have been defending her for a long time here on HuffPo. I think that CNN should not have had Carville doing the post-debate analysis at all, unless he was balanced by reps from all of the other Dem candidates. It is just not fair. This was a very bad decision by CNN.