Posted: Nov 16, 07 8:28pm
I dont know how many TeeBeeDee'ers watched the CNN Presidential Debate last night but I for one am amazed that quality candidates like Dodd and Biden (who I think is the best candidate) continue to get ignored not only by the press but by the electorate. That said, the final question of the night left me just shaking my head...
Aside from the horrible slant of Wolf's disproportional time afforded "the Hillary show" there was a final insult to the sensibilities of any fair minded viewer.
The final question was asked by a student and I listened as the young lady asked Hillary "Do you prefer Pearls or Diamonds?"
My inital knee-jerk reaction was to shake my head at yet another sign of the decline of our youth, academia and the culture of obession with the shallow, inane and transitory.
Of course, it took me just a minute to figure out that this was CNN's screening process and not a commentary on the fading grey matter of the under 25 crowd.
I have since learned that this young lady crafted 5 questions (4 of which were real questions of substance) and the CNN screener selected the one the student was "allowed" to ask. I guess she is only 20% at fault for this faux-question.
The same evening I watch PBS news hour and in the post debate thing Judy Woodruff pulled another "slight of mouth" manipulation.
She gathered/polled "the people" and selecting 4 folks to speak about the challenges of health care, education and immigrations impact on same.
Everything in theater comes down to casting!
Judy gathered 3 left of center but intelligent/articulate folks and then one right of center stammering moron. The stage was set. Nevermind that 75% of the public and Nevadians are on the right of center part of this dialog,...the show (faux people's forum) reflected how the moron was outgunned by the wiser, calmer and more centered point of view.
Spare me these fake debates and fake people forum reports and please stop manipulating people to parrot your agenda Mr. Wolf.
Fox, CNN and a few other "journalista's" need to stop calling themselves journalistic venues and simply put on their team's jersey, step off the panel, and on to stage.
