- The Command Post has their chat room open to discuss the debate.
- CNN has a poll up about the political abilities of late-night television viewers. Short and sweet. Via Barista.
- Hugh Hewitt has a scorecard up with details on how the candidates did and what details about the camera view are important. Via Instapundit.
- Joe Territo is liveblogging. So is James Joyner. And Damian Penny.
- Is anyone putting the questions in graphics on the bottom of the screens? Just curious.
- Seems to be more splitscreens to show Bush’s expressions towards Kerry’s answers than vice versa.
- Jeff Jarvis asks something I was just thinking myself - “Why (on NBC, at least) is Bush 10 percent higher on the screen than Kerry?” I don’t know if the splitscreen camera is “pool” or not, but on MSNBC it looks as if the angles are different. I think it’s because of the positioning of cameras - any ideas? Time reports this week that the podiums were 50″ tall, and were spaced far enough apart that the candidates would not have such a different in height when shown on screen together.
- MSNBC’s Ron Reagan says that Kerry clearly won, Scarborough calls it a “very clear win on all points for John Kerry.”
- What’s with the “Hurricane Cheerleader” girl on MSNBC on the phone with her friends, and the people holding up the big “Poo” sign over their heads?
Debate I: con’t
September 30th, 2004 · 2 Comments
Tags: · Election 2004
2 responses so far ↓
1 William Finkel // Sep 30, 2004 at 9:23 pm
They’re doing it to make Bush look as tall as Kerry. Up until 2000, all the taller candidates since Kennedy (televised debates) had won the presidency. Check out CSPAN - all split screen.
2 Joe Territo // Sep 30, 2004 at 10:45 pm
Thanks for the link. But the URL changed. My post on the debate can now be found at the following
http://joeterrito.blogspot.com/2004/09/2004-presidential-debate-1-foreign.html
I also wondered about the MSNBC backdrop. Did they use Today producers who are used to screaming people in the background? Maybe they should have gotten Jewel to do a concert and Al Roker to chime in with the weather.