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Aug 7, 2007Mario Rizzo on the Republican Debate
Kudos to my friend and longtime colleague at seminars for the Institute for Humane Studies, Mario Rizzo, for for this perceptive analysis of the debate:
The Republican Presidential Debate on Sunday as moderated by George Stephanopoulos was yet another attempt by the media to manipulate further the already-manipulated American public. It started off with outrageous introductions that revealed the implied framework of the debate. Each candidate was introduced with his Iowa poll numbers and in order of those numbers. What was the point of this? A debate should be an exchange of ideas weighted by the quality of those ideas.
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