By Bruce B. Brugmann
Alas, I didn’t see the debate last night. Jean and I were hosting a small birthday party for our granddaughter, Bonnie Brenda Brugmann (B3 to me and her friends) at the Gold Mirror restaurant in West Portal. But here is the account of the debate that i like best, from Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR.) More to come on this trivia-overwhelms-policy theme, B3
Trivia and biased questions dominate Democrats’ debate
4/17/08
The ABC-sponsored Democratic debate in Philadelphia on April 16 emphasized trivial matters of little concern to voters, while the actual policy questions were often based on misleading right-wing spin.
During the first half of the debate, ABC moderators George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson avoided any mention of policy issues. As the Los Angeles Times noted (4/17/08), “With the moderators and Clinton raising assorted questions about Obama’s past for the first half of the debate, issues received relatively short shrift. Not until 50 minutes in was a policy issue– Iraq–asked about by the moderators.”