Presidential debates on TV in peril
In a New York Times interview, CBS producer Don Hewitt, who directed and produced the John Kennedy-Richard Nixon debate in 1960, explained that debates entail "a big dose of show biz" and "trying to keep an audience." "When you're in television," Hewitt said, "that's your job."
Indeed, a lot of Democrats are angry at ABC for doing what it does best, which is to put on a TV show. That's like inviting yourself into a bear's cave and being surprised ...
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