Through 17 debates this year, roughly 1,500 questions have been asked of the two parties' presidential candidates. But only a small handful of questions have touched on the candidates' views on executive power, the Constitution, torture, wiretapping, or other civil liberties concerns. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
The story covers the important question of the quality of the presidential debates. The slant toward trivial and entertaining questions, and those questions framed by the reich wing tend to take dominance over important questions of policy and democracy. The corporate press only reviews who raised the most money and who bit who in the debate scraps, as opposed to questioning the questions.
