FNC New Hampshire Debate: More write-ups…
The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz writes about Wednesday’s debate…
As for the debate, Fox’s innovation was not YouTube but ChowDown: Carl Cameron in a New Hampshire diner, letting a couple of residents sound off and asking the candidates to respond. All the candidates talked tough on immigration and terror, and all but Ron Paul pronounced the Iraq surge a success. Most interesting moment: Mike Huckabee and Paul going at it over Iraq. Why don’t more debate moderators let the candidates argue?
FNC learned from the YouTube debates that innovation is great, but it’s hard to replace actually getting out on the street (or in the cafes, in this case) and talking to real people. And I appreciated that they allowed the candidates to really debate with each other - it is called a “debate” after all, not a Q&A session.
Comment by Caufield — September 7, 2007 @ 10:13 am