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…of last night’s CNBC GOP debate?<\/p>\n

“Even Brian Williams is saying he wasn’t there”
\n<\/em>— Mark Okern (from Facebook)<\/p>\n

I watched the first half of yesterday’s GOP debate, before I had to go do some family stuff.<\/p>\n

There had been some hope that CNBC – an ostensible financial network – would ask some substantial questions about financial policy. \u00a0And there were a few, sort of, in a way.<\/p>\n

But “are you an evil comic book villain?”<\/p>\n

John Harwood came across as a Liberal snidely whiplash. Becky Quick…wasn’t very. \u00a0 Carl Quintanilla sounded like he was hosting a cable access production of Jimmy’s First Debate<\/em>. \u00a0And Jim Cramer? \u00a0I don’t know if he was on cold medicine or had taken a couple of shots to the head before he went on the air, but good lord, that performance will be taught in broadcast schools for decades to come as an example of how\u00a0not\u00a0<\/em>to sound when reading off a teleprompter.<\/p>\n

It’s entirely possible (except for Harwood) that they were just trying to come across as tough, hard-nosed “journalists” – an effect that lasts precisely until the phrase “evil comic book villain” came up.<\/p>\n

But the hour I spent was worth it, if only for this; Ted Cruz’ jeremiad against the media was one for the ages:<\/p>\n