I like this question and think it’s an important issue for the candidates to discuss.  As you indicate, there is a real scarcity of coverage of international issues in the mainstream US media.  I think this follows in part from a presumed disinterest of the US public about matters not explicitly related to this country, […]

CNN/Youtube Republican Debate Question: Abortion
We asked Alan Schroeder, Associate Professor of Journalism at Northeastern University, to respond to the overall phenomenon of the CNN-YouTube debates and the Ben Franklin students’ participation in submitting questions. Professor Schroeder is the author of “Presidential Debates: 40 years of High-Risk TV” and “Celebrity-in-Chief: How Show Business Took Over […]

CNN/Youtube Republican Debate Question: Functional Literacy
Barbara Warnick is Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh.
Professor Warnick’s op-ed on the CNN-YouTube debates appeared in the July 29, 2007 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle.
This is a good question because the number of people in this country who are functionally illiterate is too […]

Question about Agricultural Subsidies
Martin Medhurst is the Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Communication at Baylor University
The question is a good one only if one buys into the presuppositions which lie behind the question. For example, is it true that “globalization has led to resource inequality”? Was there not resource inequality long before there was […]

George, Bush, Abstinence, Fidelity, Candidate, Question
Professor Matthew Hale is Assistant Professor in the Department of Public and Healthcare Administration at Seton Hall University
1) Great question
2) Say “President Bush” not just Bush. You might not like him but always respect the office.
3) In a similar vein, you might consider starting with some praise towards Bush for […]