[Peace-discuss] Will Lehrer Ask McCain, Obama About Israeli-Palestinian Peace?

[Robert Naiman]

The first 2008 presidential debate between Senator Obama and Senator
McCain will focus on foreign policy and will occur this coming Friday.
Jim Lehrer of PBS will moderate the debate.

As we have seen repeatedly in this election season, what gets asked by
debate moderators is as important as what the candidates are prepared
to say. If debate moderators decide to ask about nonsense, then the
result will likely be a nonsense debate.

When debate moderators are from the corporate media, they tend to
reflect the worldview of their employers.  And what their employers
are interested in seeing addressed may be - and often is - very
different from what the public would like to see addressed.

But as an employee of public broadcasting, Jim Lehrer works for us.

Will Jim Lehrer ask the candidates what they intend to do to help
bring about peace between Israelis and Palestinians? There is just one
debate between the candidates focused on foreign policy, so if this
question is not addressed in Friday's debate, it might not be
addressed in any debate...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/will-lehrer-ask-mccain-ob_b_128347.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/22/144813/217

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Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
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