The next Democrat debates are coming up at the end of this month.
CNN made a big spectacle out of choosing the lineup and not everyone was impressed.
FOX News reports:
CNN gets brutally mocked for special announcing Dem debate lineups: ‘The stupidest thing I’ve ever seen’
During the “draw” special, the 20 eligible candidates were split between three tiers and then divided among the tiers. Three CNN hosts then randomly selected each candidate and the night they’d appear on from two sets of boxes, one that had the candidates and one that had the debate nights.
This was meant to prevent an uneven spread of candidates, which took place with the NBC debates when Warren was placed on one stage and four of the other Democratic frontrunners, Biden, Sanders, Harris, and Buttigieg, were placed on the other.
CNN, however, was brutally mocked by viewers. Slate writer Ashley Feinberg said it the “stupidest thing I’ve ever seen” while others like journalist Yashar Ali joked that he had accidentally switched to the “Game Show Network.”
Others called it “nonsense” and “idiotic”.
See the tweets below:
that was the stupidest thing i’ve ever seen
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) July 19, 2019
This is some nonsense on @CNN right now.
— Kim Masters (@kimmasters) July 19, 2019
This #CNNDraw is so idiotic. I mean, of course they were going to drag this out, but this is like a really, really bad "As Seen on TV" ad #DemDebate #DemDebate2
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 19, 2019
Thought I tuned in to the Game Show Network by accident! pic.twitter.com/BKtUQmf6Kb
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 19, 2019
Here’s the final line up:
Here's the final lineup for CNN's Democratic debates. These candidates will take the stage Tuesday, July 30. #TheDraw
• Williamson
• Delaney
• Hickenlooper
• Ryan
• Bullock
• Klobuchar
• O'Rourke
• Buttigieg
• Warren
• Sandershttps://t.co/X1iflgPkZ2 pic.twitter.com/gwVL0BNa01— CNN (@CNN) July 19, 2019
These candidates will take the stage Wednesday, July 31. #TheDraw
• Inslee
• Gillibrand
• Gabbard
• Bennet
• De Blasio
• Booker
• Yang
• Castro
• Harris
• Bidenhttps://t.co/2e1uatzM5y pic.twitter.com/1l3YgO4wVa— CNN (@CNN) July 19, 2019
It’s sure to be another clown show.
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