Quote:
Originally Posted by peanut
These American style TV debates are stupid. They're too frustrating. Even more so with the 45 seconds to answer format that just doesn't work. You can't base anything on them and they're just too chaotic, it's all about point scoring against each other and nothing else. No one really wins. You have to wait for everything to be fact checked but they end up with everyone wanting to vote for 'none of the above'.
|
Pointless except for viewing figures, which I guess is why the have such farces on. Describe a complicated policy in 20 seconds whilst being interrupted by an opponent with a non-fact-checked allegation. Washed down with a question that sidelines Scotland in the Euros for good measure.
Better an in-depth grilling of the leaders individually with strong follow-up questions.