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Debate, or serial press conferences

Published Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 | 3:24 p.m.

Updated Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 | 2:14 p.m.

As we edge toward the debate, consider these thoughts by Andrew Rosenthal, NY Times editorial page editor, about the value of debates. His comments were to Editor & Publisher's Joe Strupp.

"We ought to rethink them as debates, they are not debates. They are serial press conferences. If there is a debate, there should be a debate. It becomes so much about the moderators, about the format. There is just not enough time. I don’t get much out of them."

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