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Socialmedia.biz wrote a post yesterday stating that the GOP hopefuls were feeling uneasy about today’s CNN YouTube Debate format. The politicians should not feel uneasy, but instead ashamed. More than the politicians, the media should be ashamed at how it has trivialized itself throughout these 2008 election presidential debates.
Why would a YouTube fan utter this blasphemy? Well because these YouTube debates are a joke. Do we really think that any weight should be given to how a politician responds to these silly questions? Politics is serious, but instead we are expected to sit around and gaze at a circus event that CNN calls a debate.
Debates should be real debates. Each politician should be given time to talk intelligently about the issues. The candidates should probe each other as to their beliefs. They should be forced to answer follow on question. Instead, we get 15 second sound bites that any person prep’d in advance could dodge.
The media has trivialized its role in our democracy. You could watch the 24 hour cable news program for 24 hours straight and not learn more than a few sound bites about the issues that we are facing as a nation. This is not healthy for our society.
If the media wants to be taken seriously, the media better start treating itself seriously.
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Tom | November 28th, 2007 at 4:48 am #
I agree, they are a joke. Here is a question that should be asked:
http://representativepress.googlepages.com/CNNYouTube.html
see video: CNN/YouTube Republican Debate: Giuliani 9/11 Question
Giuliani claims, “American foreign policy had nothing to do with the September 11th. September 11th happened because these people who hate us, hate us because of the freedoms that we have.” Giuliani is lying to us.
see my question.
CNN senior vice president David Bohrman is a clown:
http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2007/11/see-this-article-cnn-youtube-debate.html
lamib | December 1st, 2007 at 3:48 pm #
They think that there’s somebody that can do mature politic debates in YouTube?
Michael | May 29th, 2008 at 7:20 am #
And the regular debates aren’t a joke? Read my letter, Republican Candidates are Just Characters in a Bad TV Show:
http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2007/10/18/LettersToTheEditor/Letters.To.The.Editor-3040629.shtml