Everyone expected the CNBC Republican debate to kick off at 8 pm EST, but when 8:00 came and went, lots of people on Twitter were wondering what the hell was going on on CNBC.
After all, cable news is awash in analysis, but for some reason there was a lot of Twitter snark tonight about the immediate pre-debate punditry:
cnbc preshow illustrating why you don't hire tennis players to do color commentary on a football game
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) October 29, 2015
HUGE mistake by CNBC. The candidate intros are something we all want to see.
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) October 29, 2015
STOP. TALKING.
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) October 29, 2015
Who are these anchors on CNBC? They might need additional training. This is rough. #GOPDebate
— deray mckesson (@deray) October 29, 2015
CNBC doing a great job of reminding viewers why they don't watch CNBC
— Michelle Fields (@MichelleFields) October 29, 2015
"Daddy can you fast forward to the debate?" — 5-year-old watching CNBC now
— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) October 29, 2015
Do these CNBC people know they're on air?
— Jessica Reynolds (@reynoldsjessica) October 29, 2015
The people on CNBC are GOOFY. How do they get those jobs?? #GOPdebate
— Herman Cain (@THEHermanCain) October 29, 2015
Jesus Christ, @CNBC, is your network this clunky? The pirate broadcasts at the beginning of THEY LIVE were slicker. #GOPDebate
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) October 29, 2015
I've taken a drink every time the @CNBC anchors said "ascending" and now I'm Judy Garland. #GOPDebate
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) October 29, 2015
SHUT UP PUNDITS DO THE DEBATE NOW
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 29, 2015
Thank you CNBC for reminding us that professional political pundits may be a bunch of inane windbags, but amateurs are even worse.
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) October 29, 2015
Who wins tonight's debate? First candidate to strangle one of these #CNBC pundits to death, live on TV.
— Michael Graham (@IAMMGraham) October 29, 2015
I'm gonna get through a whole bottle just trying to endure these clacking CNBC pundits alone. #GOPDebate #SauvMe
— Michael Slezak (@MichaelSlezakTV) October 29, 2015
Maybe the CNBC pundits are just refusing to yield the stage #GOPDebate #Filibuster
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) October 29, 2015
Tune into CNBC for the bad Wall Street picks; stay tuned for the worst political analysis in the history of civilization
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) October 29, 2015
CNBC's rundown
7:59 opening graphics
8:00 vamp
8:05 keep vamping
8:10 what the hell, this is fun
8:15 should we order pizza?
BREAK
— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) October 29, 2015
Holy sh*t, @CNBC. Shut up.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) October 29, 2015
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