Is Candy Crowley Headed To ABC News?
Candy Crowley, a 27-year CNN veteran, is leaving the network. Crowley joined CNN in 1987, covering politics and politicians. She’s covered the presidential campaigns of the last five presidents, and many candidates who wanted to be president: Pat Buchanan, Hillary Clinton, Bob Dole, and Jesse Jackson among them.
The Radio Television Digital News Foundation will honor three news leaders — Belo’s Robert Decherd, CNN’s Candy Crowley and NBC’s Lloyd Siegel — for their commitment to the First Amendment and excellence in journalism at the 23rd Annual First Amendment Awards Dinner on Thursday, March 14, 2013.
CNN correspondent Candy Crowley’s role as moderator had been a subject of discussion before the debate even started. An agreement between the candidates about the debate circulated online, where it stated that the moderator would not be allowed to ask follow-up questions, or play any role other than to introduce questions and enforce time limits. Crowley said that the candidates’ agreement wouldn’t stop her from asking follow-ups, and she did so during the debate.
In a rare example of political unity, both the Romney and Obama campaigns have expressed concern to the Commission on Presidential Debates about how CNN’s Candy Crowley, the moderator of this Tuesday’s town hall, has publicly described her role.
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CNN’s Candy Crowley will be the first woman to moderate a presidential debate in two decades when she handles one of three debates between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, while PBS’s Jim Lehrer and CBS’s Bob Schieffer will moderate the other two. All three were named as moderators Monday by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
