Turned around and bit CNBC on the gluteus maximus.
Via MRC:
A Media Research Center analysis of the questions posed by moderators John Harwood, Carl Quintanilla and Becky Quick at CNBC’s Republican presidential debate found nearly two-thirds (65%) hit the candidates with negative spin, personal insults or ad hominem attacks.
In contrast, all of the questions posed by CNBC personalities Jim Cramer, Rick Santelli and Sharon Epperson focused on policy matters and were phrased in a constructive, respectful tone.
The MRC analysis examined the 43 unique questions posed by one of the three moderators. Nearly two-thirds of those (28, or 65%) included negative spin, personal insult or attack, such as Harwood’s question to Donald Trump asking if his was a “comic book version of a presidential campaign,” or Quintanilla’s question to Ted Cruz asking if his opposition to a just-passed spending bill showed he was “not the kind of problem-solver American voters want?”
This category includes questions to one candidate inviting them to trash another, such as Harwood’s question to Mike Huckabee asking whether Trump has “the moral authority to unite the country.”
The remaining moderator questions involved personal questions without a negative slant, or policy questions that were phrased in a non-insulting way. While not outright disrespectful, many of these policy questions, such as Quick’s question to Cruz claiming a large pay gap between men and women, or Quintanilla’s question to Kasich about legalizing marijuana, were framed from a liberal perspective.