Our Coverage of the Dems on "This Week"
This morning DebateScoop and the Huffington Post "Off the Bus" project are teaming up to produce unique coverage of and data from the Democratic debate on "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos held at Derake University in Des Moines, Iowa (check your local listings and look for a web stream (not live) later today at ABC).
We have two researcher/correspondents with press passes who will ask follow up questions and report from the spin room after the debate, Jane Munksgaard and Paul Johnson. Jane and Paul were debate partners at Pitt (2001-2005) and are now both in the doctoral program in rhetoric at the University of Iowa.
During and after the debate a team of debaters, coaches, and debate scholars will be communicating with one another and Jane and Paul via a chat room. We will be discussing what the best follow up questions might be for the spin room and discussing which of the arguments of the should be subjected to an "argument check" (like a fact check, but testing the strength of the argument, not just a fact).
Jane and Paul will upload the digital audio they gather to a site and our group will transcribe the Q and A. That audio and the transcript will be posted here and the audio will be able to be embedded in any blog or web page.
Look for reports and analysis based on this effort later today and tomorrow here and at The Huffington Post "Off the Bus" page.
You can use the comments here to let us know what you think of the debate or to comment on our effort.
