The media
has reached a low point in hosting Presidential debates. To see this for
yourself, you have to google past debates.
I watched
the 1960 Kennedy / Nixon debates televised by NBC, ABC and CBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdVHFESjTsE The debates in 1960 were more substantive and
less trivial. The media asked more
policy questions. The answers given by
the candidates were direct. Voters could
listen to this debate and know exactly how each of these candidates would
approach their policy decisions and why. Also, the lobbying to involve the
federal government in education and healthcare was evident.
In 1960,
the US was at the top of the lists that measured economic freedom and
education.
In 2016,
the US Economic Freedom Index ranking for the US is 11. http://www.heritage.org/index/. In Education, the US ranks 17. http://www.mbctimes.com/english/20-best-education-systems-world
Now watch
the 2016 Presidential debates to see how trivial they’ve become. The questions asked by the media are trivial
and distract from the policy proposals voters need to understand.
Presidential
debates now more nearly resemble the Jerry Springer Show. Voters are purposely
being distracted from the real issues.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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