Comments on: First victory: CNN frees the debates http://prezvid.com/2007/05/05/first-victory-cnn-frees-the-debates/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:50:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: TLB http://prezvid.com/2007/05/05/first-victory-cnn-frees-the-debates/#comment-1046 TLB Sun, 06 May 2007 20:26:54 +0000 http://prezvid.com/2007/05/05/first-victory-cnn-frees-the-debates/#comment-1046 This effort is a pointless waste of time. I've already made two videos using MSNBC's copyrighted audio portion, safely knowing that my use was fair use. "Freeing" the "debates" also makes no sense if the "debates" are like the recent GOP "debate", with pointless puffball questions. I doubt whether many of the partisan hacks who signed on to the petition would support a call to make sure that difficult questions are asked of both sides at the debates. They wouldn't want the other side to be asked difficult questions for fear that those would be asked of their side. That goes quadruple for immigration-related questions. Continuing with the frankness, I note that the pace of prezconference-tagged videos has slowed. And, the recent Youtube interview with McCain is a waste of time; they failed to ask any tough questions. I've seen a few articles saying that candidates are asked toughies on the trail, but no reporter tells us what the questions were, and those who ask them don't seem to have promoted the answers. There really needs to be someone else besides me trying to have politicians asked the questions they should be asked. This effort is a pointless waste of time. I’ve already made two videos using MSNBC’s copyrighted audio portion, safely knowing that my use was fair use.

“Freeing” the “debates” also makes no sense if the “debates” are like the recent GOP “debate”, with pointless puffball questions.

I doubt whether many of the partisan hacks who signed on to the petition would support a call to make sure that difficult questions are asked of both sides at the debates. They wouldn’t want the other side to be asked difficult questions for fear that those would be asked of their side. That goes quadruple for immigration-related questions.

Continuing with the frankness, I note that the pace of prezconference-tagged videos has slowed. And, the recent Youtube interview with McCain is a waste of time; they failed to ask any tough questions.

I’ve seen a few articles saying that candidates are asked toughies on the trail, but no reporter tells us what the questions were, and those who ask them don’t seem to have promoted the answers.

There really needs to be someone else besides me trying to have politicians asked the questions they should be asked.

]]> By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Good for CNN http://prezvid.com/2007/05/05/first-victory-cnn-frees-the-debates/#comment-1035 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Good for CNN Sun, 06 May 2007 04:02:50 +0000 http://prezvid.com/2007/05/05/first-victory-cnn-frees-the-debates/#comment-1035 [...] CNN does the right thing with the presidential debates. Details at Prezvid. [...] [...] CNN does the right thing with the presidential debates. Details at Prezvid. [...]

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