Back to the Future
In case you were having a hard time deciding wether the debate will be worth watching, you can decised a few hours ahead of time, sort of, thanks to ABC news. They hid a post debate piece on their site a few hours early, only to pull it once it showed up on the radar of those who like to think the news is reported after it happens.
Thursday night’s meeting at the University of Miami was the first of three
Bush-Kerry debates over a two-week period. Neither side was underestimating
its importance with a TV audience of 30 million to 40 million expected. Almost a
third of people surveyed say the debates will be a deciding factor in how they
vote.
The first debate drew the nation’s attention to hurricane-battered Florida and its
political importance. Florida swung the presidency to Bush in the disputed 2000
election and could determine whether he wins re-election.
The debates were staged under a rigid set of rules negotiated by the candidates’
representatives to limit spontaneity and opportunities for back-and-forth
exchanges.
Heres a .pdf of the strory that was up on the ABC website earlier link
and the original story from lemnisc8 (via BoingBoing) link
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