Again, I think the information content in a typical presidential debate is chronically underestimated. Clearly there is a lot of BS - but that is true in every phase of the process. If all an othwise informed US voter knew about these two candidates was what they learned from watching the debates, they would certainly have enough information to pretty accurately understand their differences on many of the important issues of the day.
As we all remember from our junior high school history classes (and now I guess from Broadway Musicals) democracy has always been a high BS enterprise. That is part of the price we pay. All the more reason it is important to have some ways of managing the BS and try to keep the playing field level. I thought the moderators last night did about as good a job as I have ever seen under unusually difficult circumstances. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
