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Clinton, Obama Field Tough Questions About Flag Pins, Third Grade [Crappy Hour]
Jezebel — [image] You know how the American public is sick of "politics as usual"? Well so yesterday I had a feeling I wanted to stay away from the Democratic Primary debate in Pennsylvania but it seems like Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos were determined to poison me anyway and somewhere between Bosnia and Bittergate and a half-carafe and 13 irate text messages and emails about how awful it all was I became gravely ill. Was it more despicable or shameful simply Shakespearian , with Hillary playing Lady Macbeth and Obama playing the part of...uh...a "cucumber: ...

ABC's 'Shoddy,' 'Shallow,' 'Shameful' Debate
Pressed — ... about everywhere for the way Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos moderated last night's debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. At issue is the way Gibson and Stephanapoulos gave over most of the discussion to gotcha-style sound-bite scandals like Obama's "bitter" comment and Clinton's false sniper anecdote. Tom Shales calls their performance "shoddy" and "despicable"; Andrew Sullivan says it was "petty, shallow, process-obsessed"; Greg Mitchell labels it "a shameful night for U.S. media." Matt Cooper singles out Gibson ...