On AlterNet: presidential debate

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CNN Tries to Outfox Fox With Tea Party Deal

Mark Howard, News Corpse. December 22, 2010.

CNN, the once dominant and comparatively respectable cable news network, seems determined to destroy whatever shreds are left of its credibility.

Funny: The Candidates' Debate Talking Points Get Synchronized

Staff, 23/6.com. October 28, 2008.

This montage of synced-up footage from all three presidential debates confirms that every debate was just a bunch of talking points.

Obama Three for Three: Short Takes on the Final Presidential Debate

AlterNetOctober 16, 2008.

AlterNet's Don Hazen, Liliana Segura, and Steven Rosenfeld on the debate, along with Jane Hamsher and Katrina Vanden Heuvel.

A Frightened President Tries to Scare American Public on Bailout

Huffington Post, TheNation.comSeptember 25, 2008.

Bush seeks photo opportunities with Obama and McCain; McCain's bait and switch falls flat; Letterman mocks McCain's cancellation.

Three Aging White Men to Moderate Presidential Debate

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. August 19, 2008.

So much for change. Only one female correspondent has moderated a presidential forum since the commission began running debates in 1988.

Election '08: One Long Humiliation Contest

Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. May 3, 2007.

It must be somehow beneficial to the American power apparatus to demean the individuals who seek to occupy its highest offices.

CNN Throws in With Tea Party PAC To Co-Sponsor Debate

Adele M. Stan, December 31, 1969.