Hmmm. Well, not a debate so much as sequential Q&A, as usual. Am torn about whether to castigate Ifill for her failure to follow-up or congratulate her for staying out of the way and not making it about her. The post-game coverage was exactly as would be expected, although, thanks to a variety of snap polls (some better than others) the time for fully vacuous bloviating is reduced a bit, only because they have to reconcile their own pseudo-insights and conventional quips with what the (albeit limited) data show.
The R Word
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Not unlike Jed Bartlett's on air gaffe about the intelligence of governor
Richie, Obama's offensive remark the other night just seems a little too
perfect....
The Media: A Fourth Branch or A Whole Other Tree?
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I begin with a video (Notice the Cameo at the end)
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Professor, are we going to get your thoughts on the debate?
Hmmm. Well, not a debate so much as sequential Q&A, as usual. Am torn about whether to castigate Ifill for her failure to follow-up or congratulate her for staying out of the way and not making it about her. The post-game coverage was exactly as would be expected, although, thanks to a variety of snap polls (some better than others) the time for fully vacuous bloviating is reduced a bit, only because they have to reconcile their own pseudo-insights and conventional quips with what the (albeit limited) data show.
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