Tavis Smiley Hosts Dem "Debate" Tonight
We're back in the nick of time with news of (and some coverage later) tonight's debate from Howard University at 9pm Eastern on PBS.
The debate, hosted by Tavis Smiley with questions all posed by minority journalists, will be "focused on issues of importance to African American voters," according to the brief write up in the Washington Post.
The debate has an element of fairness that previous ones did not: each candidate will get to answer each of the 12 questions.
Media Matters and others have questioned the fairness of post-debate commentator and pollster Frank Luntz both because of his Republican ties and because of his past ethical lapses. One does wonder why PBS could not find someone perceived as more neutral.
This debate has had very little coverage, perhaps because of the subject matter, perhaps the non-commercial outlet, or perhaps because it is summer and the end of quarter fundraising news is easier.
For ourselves, we were just distracted.
Time to get back to work!
Update [2007-6-28 17:17:12 by Ross Smith]: PBS has a website for the debate and you can watch it via streaming video if you are not near a TV.
Check back here for a liveblog at 9 and commentary after.
