dr. carson getting a full scholarship to west point. i think they did a disservice to cnn and other outlets. because their reporting was very sloppy. it opens the door for dr. carson saying, a pox on all of our houses. it muddyes the water. and really reinforces carson s argument. to your point, they do stand by it, although they changed the headline. tuesday night is the next debate. if i were a moderator for that debate, now, i ve got the scrutiny, the attention, is it the question fair? is it a gotcha question? do you worry that the republican field now gets a free ride in some of these debates because of criticism these issues? believe me, the republicans are not going to be a free ride. i think the media still doesn t
questions because their reporting was very sloppy. and i think really opens the door to dr. carson saying, a pox on all of their houses this is liberal media bias. it muddies the waters and really reinforces carson s argument these are not legitimate inquiries. to your point, they do stand by it, although they changed the headline. larry, i want to can you a question because tuesday night is the next debate. and i ve got to tell you, if i were a moderator for that debate, now, i ve got the scrutiny, the attention, is it the question fair? is it a gotcha question? do you worry that the republican field now gets a free ride in some of these debates because of all of the criticism over these types of issues? believe me, the republicans are not going to be a free ride. from the media. i think the media still doesn t care about his relationship with bill ayers. these are legitimate questions. if these were the same kinds of questions about republican candidates, michael, i dare say
will go to the yankees. they re in the other division. in the american league. thanks so much. all right. still to come, gop candidates debate demand gotcha questions have to go. but is it up to the candidates to decide what constitutes a gotcha question?
trump and john kasich were on last week. they had different answers and it was not a gotcha question. if someone didn t know what an f-35 was, that s not my fault. the gotcha question is in the mind of the moderator. exactly. mike, that brings me to the question, who decides what s a gotcha question? is it the moderator? is it the rnc? is it the campaign? who is it? who should decide? well, i think, first of all, you have to have a body that has control of the process, like the rnc does, to hold people accountable when they do ask gotcha questions. i think, let s look at what the rnc has done from last cycle. last cycle, 23 debates. the rnc took over the process. their goal was, let s not have 23 debates. they wanted to make sure we had people like hugh, part of the moderators, so we had conservative voices on the panel. so we had fewer of those questions. they wanted to represent what the candidates wanted. what you re seeing now is a process where the candidates are
of talking points delivered robotically without any emotion. they need tension. questions about morality are completely legitimate. questions that are intended to embarrass by that classic george w. bush, who is the president of india thing, that s a gotcha question. if you want to ask someone about, what are you going to do about isis, and you want to stay on the question and push hard, then the candidates have to be prepared for that. the debate moderator or panelist, neither jack tapper nor wolf blitzer nor me nor rich lowry or any conservative, is going to give their questions away beforehand. that s not how it s done. it s not how it s done. several interviews with the candidates. it doesn t happen. going back, mike, i want to remind our viewers that some of the republican candidates had a problem with the fox news debate, as well. they weren t pleased with the questions. i thought they asked great questions at the fox debate, by the way. senator ted cruz suggested though th