RATE THE DEBATES, damn it (i mean, if they actually happen)
I just signed up for this great campaign to help rate the 2008 presidential debates.
Presidential debates are an important time for citizens to understand the candidates' views and positions on the serious issues that are affecting our country. Yet lately, presidential debates have focused more on candidate gossip and campaign gotchas.
Debates are marquis media moments in American elections. Please join me in this campaign to provide public scrutiny of the ways that the media presents them.
Please visit www.freepress.net/debates to get involved! On that site, they say:
While anchors and pundits concentrate on how to spin the candidates' performances in the upcoming debates, Free Press and the Tyndall Report want you to rate the media themselves. We have created a "Citizens Media Scorecard" so viewers can respond in real-time to the performance of the debate moderators.
Now more than ever, we need the media to be the watchdogs of our democracy. Did they cover the issues that matter to you, or did they focus on candidate gossip and campaign gotchas? Did they hold the candidates accountable, asking tough questions or pander?
Sign up to Rate the Debates yourself and return here (www.freepress.net/debates) when they air to begin rating.
Presidential debates are an important time for citizens to understand the candidates' views and positions on the serious issues that are affecting our country. Yet lately, presidential debates have focused more on candidate gossip and campaign gotchas.
Debates are marquis media moments in American elections. Please join me in this campaign to provide public scrutiny of the ways that the media presents them.
Please visit www.freepress.net/debates to get involved! On that site, they say:
While anchors and pundits concentrate on how to spin the candidates' performances in the upcoming debates, Free Press and the Tyndall Report want you to rate the media themselves. We have created a "Citizens Media Scorecard" so viewers can respond in real-time to the performance of the debate moderators.
Now more than ever, we need the media to be the watchdogs of our democracy. Did they cover the issues that matter to you, or did they focus on candidate gossip and campaign gotchas? Did they hold the candidates accountable, asking tough questions or pander?
Sign up to Rate the Debates yourself and return here (www.freepress.net/debates) when they air to begin rating.