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ABC Debate: High Ratings, Critics Give Broadcast Poor Reviews

Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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"ABC World News with Charles Gibson" featured a segment from correspondent David Wright on the "debate" over last night's debate. The network portraye...

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The "What He Said" Game

Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media

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Cenk Uygur

This game sickens me. All I want to know now is whether the so-called news folks are in on it or if they are fools being played like clueless puppets.

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What Passes For Debate

Jerry and Joe Long | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Jerry and Joe Long

Instead of sonorously intoning various articles of the Constitution when returning from an ad for bowel cleansing yogurt, perhaps Gibson and Stephanopoulos could have focused just one question on the administration that has been shredding it section by section.

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Jason Linkins

David Brooks Praises ABC, Debate, Because He Lacks The Good Sense God Gave A Box Of Tulip Bulbs, Apparently

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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David Brooks appears to be one of the few people nonsensical enough to actually laud ABC's mix of jive-ass wankery that was on display in last night's absurd debate.

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What If ABC Held a Debate, but Forgot to Show Up?

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media

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Robert J. Elisberg

This was ABC's old, flimsy history with threadbare sizzle packaged as news. It was a tabloid debate with tabloid questions. Matt Drudge come to life on a respectable stage.

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The Weather Underground False Debate

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

If Hillary Clinton thinks it's a big deal that Barack Obama has crossed paths with Bill Ayers, the political discourse is stuck in neutral.

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Patt Morrison | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media

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Patt Morrison

Rather than rolling over to the privatizing of public discourse, the FCC should muster some guts and insist that networks, broadcast and cable, take turns broadcasting presidential debates in real time, commercial-free, to the entire nation.

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ABC Tells Media: You Can Only Use 30 Seconds Of Tonight's Debate

New York Times/TV Decoder | Brian Stelter | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media

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Maybe Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton can sum up their policy differences in 30 seconds or less on Wednesday night. They will have to if they...

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Charlie Gibson: Obama Can Already Predict What Hillary Will Say In Wednesday's Debate

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — ABC's Charles Gibson spent days behind closed doors preparing to moderate two presidential debates in January, but says he feels "way...

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Dems Sign On For More Debates — Will Katie Get Her Day?

Ed O'Keefe | ABC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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It looks like Katie Couric may finally get her chance to moderate a Presidential debate. ABC News' Ed O'Keefe reports, Both candidates have accepte...

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Kucinich Attacks ABC News And Decries "Dittos"

Off The Bus | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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By Daniel Macht and Eliot Caroom Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich railed against ABC News Saturday afternoon for excluding him from ...

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Kucinich Warns Of Legal Action Against ABC Over Debate

Huffington Post | Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Manchester, NH— John McCain may have been the main show in Peterborough, NH today, but Democratic contender Dennis Kucinich still managed to pac...

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