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Mufaddal

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Fri Feb 12, 2016, 11:32 AM Feb 2016

Moderator Accidentally Whispers “Oh God” Into Mic When Bernie Brings Up Vietnam [View all]

as Sanders opened with a Vietnam reference, one of the debate’s moderators—apparently unaware her mic was still on—could be heard sighing in the background, “Oh, god.”

It was the reflexive response of an antsy kid who just had to listen to grandpa talk about his Iraq war vote for the 52nd time, and if you weren’t paying close attention, you almost certainly would have missed it.

Link with video: http://gawker.com/moderator-accidentally-whispers-oh-god-into-mic-when-1758651605

I thought the moderators were framing most of their questions out of the gate from a bizarre right-wing angle (towards both candidates), and this sort of confirmed my suspicions.
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I don't know. When I saw Hillary in her Trekkie outfit I thought it was a throw-back debate. jalan48 Feb 2016 #1
I can't watch anymore...I've reached my limit...but someone should sentence her to libdem4life Feb 2016 #2
The brothers of 2 of my friends went off to Vietnam Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #6
Same here...two friends...only one came back...and we were saying "Oh, god" back then, as well. libdem4life Feb 2016 #7
Contact PBS malletgirl02 Feb 2016 #21
Thank you, I will. libdem4life Feb 2016 #22
Unacceptable. The MSM is not worth watching unless you are documenting the atrocities. stillwaiting Feb 2016 #3
Thing is, I don't usually consider PBS to be "MSM" Mufaddal Feb 2016 #11
Since the Bush Administration realignment of PBS, it has been overtly corporate-minded. stillwaiting Feb 2016 #12
That sounds about right Mufaddal Feb 2016 #14
When they started accepting sponsorship from WalMart..... TalkingDog Feb 2016 #16
Yeah, can we talk about Walmart for a second? Mufaddal Feb 2016 #17
the kochs have a big investment in pbs shanti Feb 2016 #19
Can't we just move on to the next war without bringing up Vietnam Nam or Iraq tk2kewl Feb 2016 #4
Yup, because there are still a lot of third world counties we haven't trashed yet. sarge43 Feb 2016 #5
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The Intercept's Lee Fang had a somewhat similar response on Twitter Mufaddal Feb 2016 #13
what is the job of a debate moderator ? olddots Feb 2016 #9
Well if it was Gwen Ifill... SoapBox Feb 2016 #10
I said "Oh, God" too. Also, thank God someone brought it up mikehiggins Feb 2016 #15
Yeah, why is he bringing up THAT war, we're trying to forget about that one! Actually, it was in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #18
I just read where Judy Woodruff donated to the. Clinton dae Feb 2016 #20
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