As a moderator, I do believe Wallace did the best job. As a journalist, he was an embarrassment to his profession, which is nothing new. A critique I have of FoxNews -- though sadly MSNBC and CNN do this as well -- is they tend to weigh uninformed opinions as equal to informed ones, and they give equal weight to wild speculation and verified facts. Wallace asked hard questions of the candidates, but considering the hard questions he asked of Clinton were based largely on uninformed opinion and wild speculation, whereas questions asked of Trump were based on informed opinions and verified facts, he shouldn't have approached them as equals. I understand that he HAD to do that as a moderator, but as a journalist it was shameful.
I agree with PGage that the biggest takeaway, which Trump stated again today on the campaign trail, is that he'd only accept election results if he emerged as the winner. The thought that leaped into my head at that moment is that I need to schedule another afternoon at the gun range with my expert-marksman friend. If Trump loses, he may try to literally create a second civil war, and I am woefully unprepared for that. On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 7:08 AM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed on Chris Wallace. Very good questions. > > Watching it was unbelievable. Reading twitter online at the same time > made it HILARIOUS. 45 minutes into the debate Colbert tweeted "you can > stop now! We have enough material!" > > Good luck to you USA with your Bad Hombres and Nasty Woman. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 3:26 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For the record, I thought Chris Wallace did a good job moderating this >> debate as well, maybe not quite as good as Cooper and Raddatz, but good. >> The format was maybe the best, and for those who were still wondering about >> the candidates' position on substance, there was quite a high proportion of >> that. >> >> But the third presidential debate of 2016 is going down in history for >> Trump's refusal to state categorically that he would accept the results of >> the election. We will note that the last time the results of a US election >> were not respected we had a bloody Civil War. I watched the debate with a >> group of friends, some pretty conservative, and we all agreed this was a >> disqualifying moment for Trump (for those who did not think he had already >> hit that mark in the past). >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > -- > 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. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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.
