The Democratic presidential candidates open their first debates this evening at Miami. If precedent holds, they’ll be less debates than group interviews, driven in large part by the agenda of the journalists posing questions.
Thursday, June 27, 2019
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By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun | June 26, 2019
The Democratic presidential candidates open their first debates this evening at Miami. If precedent holds, they’ll be less debates than group interviews, driven in large part by the agenda of the journalists posing questions.
That gives the anchors — Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, and José Diaz-Balart — or their producers more debate-shaping power than the candidates or the voters. NBC is soliciting questions from voters via a web-based form, and the campaigns are certainly capable of informally suggesting to NBC questions that might be posed to rival candidates. Here are some question I’d like to see asked...............To Read More....
The Democratic presidential candidates open their first debates this evening at Miami. If precedent holds, they’ll be less debates than group interviews, driven in large part by the agenda of the journalists posing questions.
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