My new post: Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking

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My new post: Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking

Reuters/Pool Here’s Martha Raddatz asking lame questions. Thursday’s vice presidential debate (transcript ) revealed nothing about the candidates’ positions on energy or climate change, but it revealed a great deal about the twisted priorities and collective delusions of center-right Beltway conventional wisdom. I saw a lot of chatter on Twitter praising moderator Martha Raddatz. And perhaps purely qua moderator, she was better than Jim Lehrer at last week’s presidential debate . She didn’t let the candidates walk all over her. She actually asked a few direct, pointed questions and follow-ups. But I agree with Josh Barro : Overall, she was not good. A moderator’s role as referee is only half the job. The other half is selecting topics and questions, which frame the debate far more than the refereeing. And Raddatz’s choice of topics and questions was awful. Put aside, for a...

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@GrueneDC » 16 Oct '12, 11pm
vor dem 2. TV-Duell: Was macht eine gute Moderation aus? Scharfe Analyse eines Klimabloggers [link]
@Mtl4u2 » 15 Oct '12, 2pm
And @drgrist has some choice words for what the Veep debate means; bankrupt thinking of the Beltway punditocrats. [link]
@fnche » 14 Oct '12, 11pm
Good Article about the VEEP debate here.. [link] So the Moderator really sucked, and it went almost unnoticed. thumbs up!
@jumpshotjake » 13 Oct '12, 5am
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@SeekingEcopolis » 13 Oct '12, 2am
Nothing about #climatechange the biggest issue ever: “@grist: Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking [link]”
@Perceiver1219 » 13 Oct '12, 12am
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@libmaryann » 13 Oct '12, 12am
Very true! Good analysis. "@grist: Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking [link]"
@nartured » 12 Oct '12, 11pm
Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking [link] #Article #ClimateEnergy
@anotherpundit » 12 Oct '12, 10pm
Bad moderator. [link]
@BrwnSugaSexDoc » 12 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @MsJamilaAisha: RT @DanaGoldstein Thank you @drgrist. Raddatz sucked and she lied [link] …
@I_Am_Arijit » 12 Oct '12, 9pm
No, Martha Raddatz was not a good moderator — but she did regurgitate flawed, conventional wisdom, Beltway thinking: [link]
@PaulDevlin » 12 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @eliasisquith: The inestimable @drgrist has convinced me that Raddatz actually kind of sucked last night [link]
@allwithhope » 12 Oct '12, 9pm
Outside my network I hv a feeling this wld b dismissed as partisan rhetoric. But it must break thru @drgrist&VP debate [link]
@StaceySolie » 12 Oct '12, 9pm
@Familylawcourts Found this - summary of Raddatz weaknesses in framing debate = facts wrong on SS/Medicare @dgrist [link]
@lucypaw » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
RT @amaditalks: This, so much. Martha Raddatz was, at best, a C-grade moderator. Y'all can stop trippin'. [link]
@Camz99 » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
"Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking" - [link] - shared from @TaptuGreen
@drgrist » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
@DylanByers Note also that Raddatz's foreign policy questions in the VP debate last night were ALL Middle East: [link]
@mathteacher1729 » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
RT @RachelAnneLevy: Very good critique of the debate moderation last night: [link] #vpdebate
@amaditalks » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
This, so much. Martha Raddatz was, at best, a C-grade moderator. Y'all can stop trippin'. [link]
@RachelAnneLevy » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
Very good critique of the debate moderation last night: [link] #vpdebate
@88train » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
I thinking same on #VPdebate moderator Raddatz. Questions were narrow- individually&as whole. Standard low after Leher. [link]
@mugwump2 » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
RT @BrendanNyhan: Recommended: @drgrist on Raddatz's narrow issue coverage & DC-centric worldview on entitlements, negative ads [link]
@BrendanNyhan » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
Recommended: @drgrist on Raddatz's narrow issue coverage & DC-centric worldview on entitlements, negative ads [link]
@robogreen » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
@martharaddatz, another beltway consensus nonsense generator. thanks for nothing #vpdebate [link]
@FAIRmediawatch » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
RT @JNaureckas: .@DRGrist nails Martha Raddatz's "awful" choice of topics & questions. [link]
@curtisgray » 12 Oct '12, 8pm
Whoa whoa whoa... nothing to see here. Move along - @ABCNews: RT @drgrist. Raddatz sucked and she lied [link]
@sethdmichaels » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
"Why not ask what role their religion plays in their views on taxes, social insurance, or war?" [link]
@Adam_S_James » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
"Yes, tell us what you bring as a human being in 15 seconds." [link] via @drgrist
@dorseyshaw » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @sethdmichaels: I'm a Raddatz sympathizer but @irincarmon [link] and @drgrist [link] make very strong, worthy critiques.
@sethdmichaels » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
I'm a Raddatz sympathizer but @irincarmon [link] and @drgrist [link] make very strong, worthy critiques.
@eliasisquith » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
The inestimable @drgrist has convinced me that Raddatz actually kind of sucked last night [link]
@Melissa2t » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
RT@bdomenech: Critics from the left as well. RT @DanaGoldstein: Thank you @drgrist. Raddatz sucked and she lied [link]
@JNaureckas » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
.@DRGrist nails Martha Raddatz's "awful" choice of topics & questions. [link]
@umarjones » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @bdomenech Critics from the left as well. RT @DanaGoldstein: Thank you @drgrist. Raddatz sucked and she lied [link]
@garonsen » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
Grist's David Roberts was not a big fan of last night's debate moderation: [link]
@bdomenech » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
Critics from the left as well. RT @DanaGoldstein: Thank you @drgrist. Raddatz sucked and she lied [link]
@sadbillionaire » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @DanaGoldstein: Thank you @drgrist. Raddatz sucked and she lied [link]
@DanaGoldstein » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
Thank you @drgrist. Raddatz sucked and she lied [link]
@UUKady » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
Yep. Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking | @Grist [link]
@UUGreenBeaner » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @tomphilpott: Thank you, @DRgrist, for laying bare the vapidity and inanity at the heart of last night's VP debate. [link]
@tomphilpott » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
Thank you, @DRgrist, for laying bare the vapidity and inanity at the heart of last night's VP debate. [link]
@christackett » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
Raddatz is to Lehrer as Obama is to Romney. Much, much better, but far from ideal. @drgrist explains: [link]
@stephencon » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
RT @gastropoda OK, I'm revoking Raddatz's raise [link] @drgrist /cc @followpin
@PatTwit » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
Against Beltway boringness: RT @JamesFallows The unsolved problem of debate moderation, by @drgrist, worth reading [link]
@drgrist » 12 Oct '12, 7pm
I'm sorry, @RachaelBL, but Raddatz did not "rock." Her topics & questions were awful: [link]
@Chernynkaya » 12 Oct '12, 6pm
Totally agree: Why Martha Radditz doesn't deserve all the praise--Questions were bad: [link]
@ritamarie949 » 12 Oct '12, 6pm
RT "@JamesFallows: The unsolved problem of debate moderation, by @drgrist, worth reading [link]" ///YES!!
@appzb » 12 Oct '12, 6pm
Good point: why no MSM attn on this? MT @drgrist: Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking [link] #Election2012
@gastropoda » 12 Oct '12, 6pm
OK, I'm revoking Raddatz's raise [link] @drgrist
@klausphotos » 12 Oct '12, 6pm
RT @drgrist: My new post: Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking [link]