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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (515053)10/22/2012 10:42:49 AM
From: Peter Dierks5 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 794233
 
When the people who are "moderating" the debate collude with one party in the debate it calls into question the validity of the current system.

It is time to dismiss the self appointed self perpetuating "Committee on Presidential Debates". Start a new one. Ask the cable news show hosts with the most viewers to sit in.

If we took for example the Cable TV News ratings for 10/18/2012 (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/10/19/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-october-18-2012/153893/): If we just took the top rated shwo in each time slot it would be: FOX AND FRIENDS, THE FIVE, SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER, THE FOX REPORT WITH SHEPHERD SMITH, THE OREILLY FACTOR, HANNITY AND
ON THE RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUSTERIN.

It looks like instead of being excluded from moderating the debates, Fox hosts would be the only people doing debates.

If you used the numbers from the VP debate including the Broadcast networks Fox would be the alpha followed by CBS, ABC, NBC, PMSNBC and finally CNN. (http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/10/12/fox-news-channel-beats-all-of-the-broadcastcable-networks-in-viewership-for-vice-presidential-debate-coverage/152746/)

It is instructive when the losers gang up on the winner to lock them out of what the losers perceive as relevancy.
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