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Hortensis

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35. Agree. End amap these media-provided debates. Can't force

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 07:24 AM

Jun 2020

CNN and Fox not to put them on or the candidates from using them. But they're intrinsically corrupt, designed to put on a "good" show, i.e., encouraging, even demanding attacks and defenses, playing to what viewers think they want to hear, instead of what we need to.

We need something more like what the League of Women Voters once provided -- earnest attempts to help the electorate evaluate them. The candidates themselves were also behind getting rid of potentially dangerous flubs in favor of something safer and more like free advertising.

A fix should be part of public financing.

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That might be where we need a super strong DNC chair? Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #34

Agree. End amap these media-provided debates. Can't force Hortensis Jun 2020 #35

You made me think. Perhaps the term "debate" doesnt Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2020 #36

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