As CNN stated in the title of the news article dealing with the first Presidential debate, “McCain, Obama fight for title of ‘most qualified’.” This describes perfectly what went on during the first debate. It was two candidates trying to show the public that the other candidate is not qualified for the job. The media coverage that CNN provided only went over highlights of what was said by both John McCain and Barack Obama. This would be useful to the people who did not watch the debate live on TV. However, for people like me who did watch the debate this pretty much served the purpose of a reminder of the key points. Just in case you want to freshen up on some main points that you may not have been clear with. It also gives people a chance to decide for themselves who actually won the debate.
In the other CNN article, it states that there was no clear “knockout punch”, but there were certain attacks. This is true for all debates. One side is bound to take shots at the other side. In this debate it was clear that McCain was criticizing Obama for being too inexperienced. Obama on the other hand took shots at McCain for issues such as being wrong about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. This was a good way for CNN to break it down for readers. They first gave us the facts of what happened in the debate. This gave the reader a chance to make his or her own opinions about the debate. Then they gave us their point of view, so we can see what the media took out of this debate.
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That's what CNN is all about. They're not really too right wing or too left wing, at least from my point of view. I agree that they mainly focus on key points and are straight to the point. I should have watched CNN. I'm too mad at Fox News.
McCain was also trying to gain points i feel for how he went to Iraq and met with the minister(?) He also said things like "Senator Obama doesn't understand..." This is about stating you approach towards how to benefit our country not to state what your competitor doesn't know or what he knows better.
I couldn't agree more. CNN did a great job laying out the simple points of view and was impressive to see the mini clips they provided. CNN does a good job at being objective in their presentation of the facts by analyzing both sides.
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