For the second time in a month, the cable news network, CNN, announced that they would be teaming up with the Tea Party Express. In a move unprecedented in TV news history, CNN is giving live coverage to the Tea Party response to president Obama’s State of the Union address, on top of the Republican response. This follows the controversial decision by CNN to partner with the Tea Party Express to host a Republican presidential debate in the fall. No other news network will be giving Bachmann live coverage.
This contentious first step took place when Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN), head of the Tea Party Caucus, joined with the Tea Party Express to announce that she would give a Tea Party response to the State of the Union address. These remarks are in addition to the usual opposition party response, being given this year by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). News networks have never before provided such a platform. Not even Fox News plans to air Bachmann’s speech live.
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