FOX: Q&A with hume/wallace about debate

[njandrewg]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,272275,00.html

I guess this is the most important question/answer for us:
Q: So how do you decide which questions go to which candidate?

BH: Some questions will be asked to all of them, on central issues. And other questions, we have to sort of figure out on a news basis or an area of expertise basis or an area where candidates have given emphasis in their platforms or campaigns that are questionable, or where candidates have said things that raise controversy or whatever. So sort of a combination of everybody gets to say something on certain key issues and then you pick it kind of on a news basis beyond that.

CW: We're going to divide it up by subjects. I am going to take some subjects, Wendell is going to take some. Brit is going to take others and I am going to try to become really well versed between now and next Tuesday on where each candidate stands on the issues that I am covering. And as I do every Sunday on "FOX News Sunday" try and ask, you know, the most probing, penetrating questions, but one thing that I am keenly aware of is that this is about the candidates and the voters and while I want to try to probe them so that I can get them off their talking points, it's about the candidates, not me.

 

[Starks]

More Faux Noise rhetoric.

 

[Brasil Branco]

I bet $10 they're going to grill Ron Paul on the War in Iraq and ignore his other stances- especially concerning taxes.

 

[Give me liberty]

I bet $10 they're going to grill Ron Paul on the War in Iraq and ignore his other stances- especially concerning taxes.

I also bet that fox news will say to ron paul
Hume:hey whos side are you on? , We are winning in iraq bush only wants more time .

man if i see something in between those lines i will be anger

 

[joeu]

WRITE! Fox News

WRITE! WRITE! and WRITE! again...politely
My letter to Brit Hume ( [email protected] ):

Dear Mr. Hume,

I understand that you will be the moderator for the Republican presidential candidate debate on September 5 in Durham, New Hampshire. Your participation in the event is appreciated.

I am disappointed to learn that no questions from the audience will be sought and that instead there will be questions by pre-selected individuals at an off-site location. I also understand that the placement of candidates on the stage will be similar to previous debates with the "top tier" at center stage enjoying inordinate speaking time while other candidates are placed to the sidelines with more limited exposure.

Those earlier debates were less than impressive and viewers were not well served by the obvious stage-management.

Providing an open and equal opportunity for all candidates to present their views to the American public in Durham would be a wonder drug for the 2008 presidential campaign. This can best be achieved by random placement of candidates on the stage and, to the greatest extent possible, providing equal speaking time to each candidate. Let the viewers decide who the 'front-runners' should be for the Republican Party.

Please help make this presidential campaign worthy of voter participation. Allow all the Repubican candidates to have equal voice in the September 5 debate. I will be pleased to receive your response to these suggestions. Thank you.

Regards,