08-24-2019, 06:10 PM
A forum is a good vehicle for the exchange of ideas, information and producing unified policy approach but unlike these made for TV spectacles (which are anything but actual debates) it doesn't draw eyeballs.
If you want to sell somebody on something (in this case the serious of the climate crisis) you first need to get their attention. That's what TV "debates" do, they draw an audience.
Anyone who was around for the original Kennedy/Nixon debate later learned the difference, people who listened on radio were certain Nixon had won whereas the TV audience found Kennedy more convincing.
Bernie ought to debate on radio, Elizabeth on TV, I'd be OK with either as nominee.
If you want to sell somebody on something (in this case the serious of the climate crisis) you first need to get their attention. That's what TV "debates" do, they draw an audience.
Anyone who was around for the original Kennedy/Nixon debate later learned the difference, people who listened on radio were certain Nixon had won whereas the TV audience found Kennedy more convincing.
Bernie ought to debate on radio, Elizabeth on TV, I'd be OK with either as nominee.