Did the Debate Cover the Issues? Depends Whom You Ask.

freepress by Jen Howard | Sep. 28, 2008 (Poll)

Supporters of Sen. Barack Obama were more frustrated than those of Sen. John McCain at the conduct of the first presidential debate in Mississippi, according to the "Citizens Media Scorecard." By wide margins, they were more dissatisfied with the narrow scope of the foreign policy questions chosen by moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS.

The Citizens Media Scorecard was an online rating of the debate and the media's performance by a panel of more than ... Full Story »

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James Staley
3.5
 by James Staley - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a summary of results from Obama and McCain supporters' rating of the media moderation (Jim Lehrer) and post-debate coverage of the first presidential debate. The results are very interesting and should be statistically reliable if there were sound scientific safeguards in place for the 4,600 subjects.

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