Who Lost the Debate? Moderators, Many Say

This is so sweet!:

"Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, the moderators of Wednesday night’s presidential debate on ABC, became the subject of a fierce and somewhat unexpected debate themselves on Thursday, as viewers, bloggers and television critics lamented what they described as an opportunity lost: a chance to ask the two candidates for the Democratic nomination substantive questions early and often.

The media post-mortem — which boiled over in more than 17,600 comments posted on the ABC Web site alone — also touched on questions that had long been simmering in the protracted Democratic campaign over the role of moderators in televised debates, to say nothing of political journalists generally."

More on the flip...

This is great:

"Only after half of the 90-minute debate had been concluded did the moderators turn to questions concerning Iraq, Iran, the housing crisis and affirmative action.

The criticism — echoed in columns in The Washington Post and The Philadelphia Daily News, as well as on Web sites like Politico — was picked up on Thursday by Mr. Obama himself."

Link:

http://www.nytimes.com/...

I know, I know, sorry, this diary is a repetition of what has been said, but the truth of the matter is that IT DID NOT WORK AND THOSE 2 HACKSS HAVE BEEN SHAMED BEYOND RECOGNITION!