abc NEWS: Newt Gingrich earned a standing ovation from a South Carolina crowd Thursday night when he angrily rebuked moderator John King for opening CNN's Southern Republican Debate with a question about claims he'd asked his second wife for an "open marriage."
"Would you like to take some time to respond to that?" asked King.
"No, but I will," said a visibly angered Gingrich, earning sustained applause.
"The destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that," he said.
The crowd in Charleston, S.C., leapt to its feet and cheered. » | Mark Schone | Thursday, January 19, 2012
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