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Who chooses Presidential Debate Moderators?; This may surprise some
Topic Started: Oct 18 2012, 11:23 PM (174 Views)
colo_crawdad
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Americans have faith in the presidential debates to be wide-ranging discussions that probe the candidates’ views and hold them accountable to the public. And for much of recent history, that’s what these debates were. From 1976 to 1984, the League of Women Voters held debates renowned for their fiercely independent moderators and transparent process.

But in more recent years, the debates have been held by an organization called the “Commission on Presidential Debates,” (CPD) which tightly controls the process by choosing moderators and questions.

Here’s one little known fact about the CPD — it’s chaired by corporate lobbyists. One of the chairmen is Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., who was once a Republican National Convention chairman but now works as a gambling industry lobbyist. The other chairman is Michael D. McCurry, who is a former press secretary for Bill Clinton. He now works as a “partner at Public Strategies Washington, Inc., where he provides counsel on communications strategies and management to corporate and non-profit clients.” Given the loopholes in our lobbying laws, McCurry doesn’t even have to disclose his clients, but we do know that in 2006 he spearheaded the Hands Off The Internet campaign that was designed to kill net neutrality on behalf of big telecom companies
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Edited by colo_crawdad, Oct 18 2012, 11:25 PM.
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I don't know what your point is but we need to change however we select moderators, maybe even do without them. Crowley lowered the bar for bias. If she would have done what the commission asked her do do it might have been seen as fairer but the media just lost more credibility.
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What can you tell us about the Executive Director and the members of the Board of Directors?
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colo_crawdad
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No comment from the whiners about the Presidential Moderators being chosen by an ex Republican National Committee Chairman?
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Oct 18 2012, 11:43 PM
What can you tell us about the Executive Director and the members of the Board of Directors?
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