Thursday, April 17, 2008
Media sets the bar--LOW
Last night's televised (ABC) debate between Clinton & Obama featured questions from Charlie Gibson and George Steppanoupoulous which seemed to be tailor made to trip up whomever becomes the democrat candidate.
Questions focused on minutaie rather than policy. To say that the media is not stepping up to the plate and setting the appropriate tone for our political discourse would be an understatement. The tone of their questions was set very very low.
The transcript for the debate follows as does some other commentary:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/us/politics/16text-debate.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/82649/
Questions focused on minutaie rather than policy. To say that the media is not stepping up to the plate and setting the appropriate tone for our political discourse would be an understatement. The tone of their questions was set very very low.
The transcript for the debate follows as does some other commentary:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/us/politics/16text-debate.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/82649/
Labels: debate, Hillary Clinton, media, Obama
