In Pa. Debate, The Clear Loser Is ABC

Washington Post by Tom Shales | Apr. 17, 2008 (News Report)

When Barack Obama met Hillary Clinton for another televised Democratic candidates' debate last night, it was more than a step forward in the 2008 presidential election. It was another step downward for network news -- in particular ABC News, ...

For the first 52 minutes of the two-hour, commercial-crammed show, Gibson and Stephanopoulos dwelled entirely on specious and gossipy trivia that already has been hashed and rehashed, in the hope of ... Full Story »

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 by Martha Rosler - Apr. 17, 2008

The only fault with this excellent screed is the underlying assumption that any TV organization *could* conduct a fair, important, or relevant debate. The commercial broadcast media have managed to destroy the possibility of any important issues' being discussed or even mentioned without bizarre , invariably right-of-center slant.

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