Sentences with phrase «presidential debate moderators»

Newton Minow, the former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair who is a board member of the Commission on Presidential Debates, recently said that presidential debate moderators today have been facing more criticism than they did in years past.

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Fox News Channel debate moderators (L - R), Chris Wallace, Megyn Kelly and Brett Baier, start the first official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign in Cleveland, Ohio, August 6, 2015.

At the third GOP presidential debate Wednesday night, moderator Becky Quick asked Ted Cruz how we could «try and help» -LSB-...]

We need more moderators like you in the presidential debates.

While debate moderators and election commentators focus on economic issues, the religious rhetoric of the presidential candidates appears to go mostly unnoticed - except by the key Republican voting bloc being courted.

In an effort to fix this mess, we have a few suggestions of moderators who should take over for the next presidential debates — to make things much more interesting.

Earlier this summer we presented the nation with some helpful tips on how to fix the presidential debates by choosing better, far more qualified moderators.

Shedding any pretense of civility and party unity, Donald J. Trump overwhelmed the first Republican presidential debate on Thursday night by ripping into his rivals and the moderators alike, but also drew fire from Jeb Bush and others who are seeking to stop his breathtaking surge.

The presidential hopefuls, Ms Samia Yaaba Nkrumah, former Chairperson of the party and daughter of Ghana's first President Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Mr Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, a former General Secretary of the party, Mr Bright Oblitei Akwetey, who has twice contested for the flag - bearer position, and Mr Agyapong, a businessman, were quizzed by the moderator, Prof. Kwame Karikari, on issues on the Ghanaian economy, industrialisation, agriculture and health in the country's first - ever inter-party presidential debate sponsored by TV Africa.

John McCain answers a question from CNN moderator Wolf Blitzer, right, during Tuesday night's Republican presidential primary debate.

How are moderators for U.S. presidential debates chosen?

During the first presidential debate last month, Donald Trump insisted that policy worked well in New York, in spite of objections from Hillary Clinton and moderator Lester Holt that a federal judge ruled it unconstitutional in 2013.

«They would talk about these things... Imagine if the public — and debate moderators — pressured presidential candidates to talk about the country's electrical grid or emerging disease threats instead of abortion and transgender bathrooms.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Mayors of 21 cities in Florida on Friday called on the moderators of next week's presidential debates in Miami to ask candidates how they would deal with rising sea levels caused by climate change, a concern of the state's coastal communities.

The Circus: Inside the Wildest Political Show on Earth, Season 1, Episode 20: Longtime debate moderator Jim Lehrer sits down with Mark McKinnon to talk about his past experiences with Presidential debates and what to expect during the debates between Trump and Clinton.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Fox News Channel host and moderator Megyn Kelly during the first Republican presidential debate — the origin of their feud.

October 31, 2015 • A lackluster performance from the moderators of this week's Republican presidential debate made «the media» the laughing stock of the Internet.

In the first presidential debate, though the moderator disappointingly failed to ask a question about was is arguably the single most critical issue facing human civilization today — human - caused climate change — the Democratic nominee for President, Hillary Clinton, forced the issue herself by calling out Donald Trump for his denial of climate change, noting that he, for example, in a past tweet dismissed climate change as a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese (indeed Trump has posted at least a half - dozen climate change - denying tweets over the past few years).

It's time for presidential candidates — and especially, the moderators of debates — to stop avoiding real issues.

After a U.S. Presidential Election where not a single moderator in four debates asked a question on climate change — an issue that many scientists and world leaders see as the globe's most pressing — Hurricane Sandy changed everything, at least in the short - term.

After the conclusion of most recent presidential debate, moderator Candy Crowley explains why she didn't get to any questions about climate change.

... omission of even * one * moderator question about climate change during the Presidential debates last year.

Commission on Presidential Debates member Michael McCurry discusses the pros and cons of crowdsourcing questions, the role of debate moderators, and inviting third - party candidates to join the dDebates member Michael McCurry discusses the pros and cons of crowdsourcing questions, the role of debate moderators, and inviting third - party candidates to join the debatesdebates.