"When the Democrats debated, Brian Williams asked Barack Obama a loaded question about his ties to a controversial figure. But Rudy Giuliani's relationship with Bernard Kerik -- which could charitably be described as one of the most spectacular examples of poor judgment by a national figure in the past decade -- didn't even come up during the Republican debate. Chris Matthews didn't say a word. Nor did he ask John McCain about his role in the Keating Five scandal.
In fact, none of the Republican candidates got a single question about their business dealings, personal finances, or ties to controversial figures. Only Democrats got such questions."
Friday, May 4, 2007
How They Do Debates
Our friends at Media Matters noticed that the MSNBC moderators take on a different style depending on who's debating. When the GOP is debating, the questions are softball. When the Democrats are debating, the questions are hard-hitting, suggestive, loaded, personal.
