The Commission on Presidential Debates is a major cause of lowest common- denominator politics, writes John Buell.
ELECTION 2020: Corporations Shouldn’t Manage Another Presidential Debate
Tag: Presidential Debates
Presidential ‘Debates’ Aren’t Debates at All – They’re Joint Press Conferences
Are US Presidential Debates Worthless — or Less?
The U.S. news networks are building up the suspense for the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but odds are it will be another hyped-up TV disgrace, say Bill Moyers and Michael Winship.
How a Question’s Phrasing Hobbles Third Parties
By asking Americans who they expect to vote for rather than who they want to be President, pollsters skew the numbers in favor of major-party candidates and help exclude third-party challengers from crucial debates, notes Sam Husseini.
Why Not Expand the Presidential Debates?
Amid unprecedented dissatisfaction with the two major party candidates, public interest in opening the presidential debates to the Libertarian and Green party nominees should be honored, says Jeff Cohen.
CNN’s Double-Standards on Debates
For decades, mainstream U.S. news outlets have bent over backwards to appease conservatives and avoid the stigma “liberal media,” but there has been no similar accommodation for progressives, as Jeff Cohen notes about CNN’s handling of the upcoming Democratic debate.