Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

I confess, I didn’t watch the debates. I watched a bootlegged hour of the first debate, and listened to recaps of the second. Here are my thoughts: not on the debate itself, but on the format. 1) CNN’s lead-in and commentary on the debates remind me of watching UFC

2) 1 minute questions, 15 second rebuttals: we should have just had the debate on Twitter. 4 hours of futile 1.5 second explorations of America’s thorniest issues, and all the interruptions you’d expect with this format. No one can say anything real in 15 seconds, just soundbites