Sunday, January 8, 2012

New Hampshire Debate - Time each Candidate took Speaking, Media Bias?


After the Iowa debate I noticed certain candidates were allowed more time to speak, more questions were asked of them and more time was spent discussing them.

The time each candidate took speaking at the New Hampshire debate are graphed and shown in the picture...

The numbers are...
  1. Mitt Romney spoke for 14minutes 28 seconds.
  2. Rick Santorum spoke for 10 minutes 21 seconds
  3. Newt Gingrich spoke for 8 minutes thirty three seconds.
  4. Rick Perry spoke for7 minutes and 6 seconds.
  5. Jon Huntsman spoke for 6 minutes 21 seconds.
  6. Ron Paul spoke for 6 minutes 10 seconds.
How is it Mitt Romney was allowed over double the time of Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman, and Ron Paul?

Sometimes the candidate was allowed to speak on a issue, sometimes they were asked a question about an issue but in this case more time was actually spent asking the individual candidates how they felt, in one way or another, about Mitt Romney.

Say what you will, but the numbers don't lie. Is it some sort of media bias or did it just happen to workout that the candidates spoke in order of how much the media likes them in general?

I hope the general population can see through this and still get to the issues and vote for the best candidate...

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