LA Times Debate Coverage - Really Trying Hard To Make The Debate Look Close

[Median Democrat]

Most of the observers and focus groups after the debate concluded that Obama won the debate. However, you would not know it from the LA Times, which gins up the debate as a mere draw. Worse, even the attached story, which notes that two out of three "body language experts" found that Obama performed better, the only person interviewed in depth was the one person who concluded it was a draw.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-debateside8-2008oct08,0,171467.story

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Two body language experts who watched Tuesday night's debate said in interviews that they thought Obama was the clear winner. A third felt it was a draw.

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