New CNBC survey ranks California worst for business.

New CNBC survey ranks CA worst for business. https://t.co/XOGwMa6s5B #jobsnottaxes #protectprop13

— HJTA.org (@HJTA) July 23, 2016

CNBC should treat the Democratic debate the same way they treated the Republican one.

CNBC should treat the Democratic debate the same way they treated the Republican one. https://t.co/C8FVbZUWsj pic.twitter.com/RGf8fXJ2su

— The Weekly Standard (@weeklystandard) November 9, 2015

Lol. Never happen. Journalist who politically damages Hillary at this point will be destroyed by the DC Media. https://t.co/Bx5jRDnkpu

— John Nolte (@NolteNC) November 9, 2015

QUESTION OF BIAS: MSM ONLY 7% of journalists are Republican https://t.co/NmVe6m3bQm

— slone (@slone) November 9, 2015

The CNBC executive who oversaw the disastrous Republican presidential debate is a former Clinton White House staffer, Breitbart News has learned

CNBC debate's "executive on hand" worked in THE CLINTON WHITE HOUSE https://t.co/lEHSG1JEOc

— Patrick Howley (@PatrickHowleyDC) October 31, 2015

Brian Steel, senior vice president of communications at CNBC, was the second highest-ranking network official at Wednesday night’s debate in Colorado after only CNBC CEO Mark Hoffman. Steel was described by an insider as the “executive on hand” for the debate, which was marked by the moderators’ partisan attacks and gotcha questions for the Republican candidates.

Brian Steel worked in Bill Clinton’s White House as a domestic policy adviser to Vice President Al Gore.

His White House gig was just one of three jobs that he held in the Clinton administration. He also worked in Clinton’s Department of Justice, where he served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Policy Development, and also worked as the associate director of the department’s Office of Public Affairs.

Steel told Breitbart News that he was involved in the planning of the debate and also executing public-relations issues but was not directly involved on the editorial side.

Steel is now tasked with defending the network’s disastrous debate performance in the press.

...RNC chairman Reince Priebus has suspended the next NBC News-hosted Republican debate in protest over the CNBC-sponsored debacle.

“I was very disappointed in the moderators. I’m disappointed in CNBC,” Priebus said in the Spin Room after the debate finally ended. “I thought they would bring forward a pretty fair forum here tonight. But I think it was one gotcha question, one personal low blow after another.”

“It’s like they tried to design a Rubik’s cube for every question to take the worst element, I think, of what the moderators and what the media should bring to the table,” Priebus said. “And all I can tell you is that while I’m pretty much proud of our candidates for pretty much sticking together, I’m very disappointed in the moderators and I’m very disappointed with CNBC.”

Even veteran establishment journalist Carl Bernstein blasted CNBC’s “disgraceful” GOP debate--said it was filled w/ nothing but GOTCHA ???

— PolitixGal (@PolitixGal) November 1, 2015

CNBC's GOP debate draws in 14 million viewers. Moderators the big losers

Loser too! That Republican debate produces a surprise winner https://t.co/KioeT4UDW8 #tcot

— Andrew Malcolm (@AHMalcolm) October 30, 2015

The third Republican presidential primary debate had a surprise winner Wednesday night: The Republican Party.

SUPERCUT: CNBC’s incompetence at the GOP Debate https://t.co/CIVwoeAizH via @DavidRutz pic.twitter.com/tHRMbU1LcP

— Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) October 30, 2015

Bernard Goldberg: “The @CNBC moderators acted less like journalists and more like Clinton campaign operatives.” https://t.co/jAgBbrmiBE

— slone (@slone) October 30, 2015

CNBC's GOP debate draws in 14 million viewers https://t.co/RlJ0i5ug9S | Getty pic.twitter.com/ioQf0dDyqY

— POLITICO (@politico) October 30, 2015

Mark Levin: Reince Priebus should be fired https://t.co/CCebbSPrl2 pic.twitter.com/8OjRU3iG9x

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) October 30, 2015

It's time to shake up the GOP presidential debates https://t.co/R61330LioS pic.twitter.com/oZtN9iTiMj

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) October 30, 2015

Team Trump and Team Carson Organize Non-RNC Debate Meeting… https://t.co/beTFvqGvke pic.twitter.com/mtPhIRJRUX

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) October 30, 2015

GOP candidates to exclude RNC from talks about changing debates: report https://t.co/Cl59sQXiZn pic.twitter.com/U1BcAaeYd9

— The Hill (@thehill) October 30, 2015

This debate was @hughhewitt's nightmare - that the moderators would be the big story the next morning

.@HowardKurtz on tonight’s #GOPDebate: “This was an absolute trainwreck for CNBC.” #KellyFile

— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) October 29, 2015

if you want to understand what happened at the #CNBCGOPDebate it's expained here in just 3 tweets https://t.co/uiPutj3F1b #tcot #p2

— Peter Ingemi (@DaTechGuyblog) October 29, 2015

This debate was @hughhewitt's nightmare - that the moderators would be the big story the next morning. #GOPDebate

— servative (@servative) October 29, 2015

Wow. CNN panel completely running with the idea that CNBC flunked their debate.

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 29, 2015

Carson said all candidates were unified over "disdain for mainstream media" https://t.co/rucj0fJodk pic.twitter.com/rIig79WiEj

— Eliza Collins (@elizacollins1) October 29, 2015

DISASTER Proof: NBC Debate Moderator John Harwood Lied About Rubio’s Tax Plan https://t.co/HxBQ7nSm4a

— John Nolte (@NolteNC) October 29, 2015

.@CNBC lost the debate--best moments came from candidates rebutting moderators. Top 3 clips: https://t.co/5BDnNPrB9q pic.twitter.com/wJyhYezJDy

— Red Alert Politics (@RedAlert) October 29, 2015

CNBC sets threshold for main GOP debate

CNBC will limit candidates in the next GOP main card debate: http://t.co/BDTll5ColK pic.twitter.com/KGNJKyMZWd

— The Hill (@thehill) October 1, 2015

All candidates with a 3-percent average in the polls will make the main stage, with any tally above 2.5 percent being rounded up. The remaining contenders will participate in the undercard debate beforehand.

Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), former Gov. Jeb Bush (Fla.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (Fla.) are all currently polling well above the threshold....

“We have the most diverse and experienced field of candidates in history and we applaud CNBC’s efforts to ensure that all of our top candidates will have an opportunity to share their views with the American people," RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement about the criteria.

The inclusion of an undercard debate surprised many campaign watchers.

CNBC and the Republican National Committee will host the third GOP presidential primary debate in Boulder, Colorado on October 28.