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In reply to the discussion: Dana bashed: CNN host called to 'resign' after letting Lindsey Graham steamroll her on air [View all]Warpy
(114,636 posts)Chris Licht might be out after his failed attempt to make CNN into Pox Lite, but the damage he did apparently lingers on. Both Tapper and Bash had to be robotic, asking questions with no follow up and no fact checking and no input at all beyond the questions, which TFG was seemingly not required to answer, even tangentially.
So I think there is plenty of blame to go around, most of it falling on men. Jake Tapper agreed to this abomination as much as Bash did. The format was eeemingly set into stone, favoring TFG by making sure he never got called on any of his bullshit.
I'm also semi convinced something was wrong with the sound at the beginning. If it wasn't sabotage, no one seemed to be in too much of a hurry to fix it.
I wish we could bring back the League of Women Voters and their debaes. Those were reasonably well run with a hell of a lot les bullshit than has been pulled since then.
If a presidential candidate is too fragile to stand up to a TV debate, he's far too fragile to hold office.