David Schuster hit the nail on the head of what is wrong with the media and the 'debates'

[rpannier]

Bret Baier to say, "Wait a second, you know, how are you going to turn this country around? Candidate, you have 30 seconds.

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30 seconds to tell how you're going to turn the country around.
Bet that answer was thorough and chock full of examples

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. It's actually what's wrong with many things -

our country - hell, people in general in most places - have hardly any attention span at all, and have little use for true thought, analysis, reason, or recall of how we got to where we got.

[rpannier]

2. I remember from 2008

Wolf Blitzer, "How many of you here believe in evolution. Raise your hands."
I didn't realize the debate was really a 2nd grade classroom