for the charade he allowed to proceed under his/PBS's (and by inference - NPR's) \ufffdgis!
It was a shameful parody of any idea of 'debate'. He became / allowed himself to become: little more than another member of the audience.
He AND PBS and ___? altogether demonstrated gutlessness and finally.. irrelevance, that night. IMO.
An honest one(s) would have refused to host under these conditions: especially! with the exclusion of anyone but: The One Party With Two Right Wings.
I had to think very carefully about the +/- of sending my several checks AND critique of above with each one.. I think PBS deservedly lost many good people's support over that cowardly performance.
Ashton
PS - I find JL to rarely ask the Prime movers, as they occasionally appear - anything more than pabulum questions. But I no longer watch News Hour regularly anyway; it is only marginally superior to the other Corp-owned talking heads. Now Frontline, Nova etc. continue to Kick Ass. And there is SO Much Ass to Kick.. hence my continued support.
There is more and more (ADM !! and more) Corp crap on PBS -- a direct result of the Gingrich successful neutering, and the subsequent Congr. gutlessness to restore this pittance for: One non-commercial US network.