CNN Uses ‘Feedback Loop’ of Social Media for Debate

By Merrill Knox 

As CNN prepares to host the Republican presidential candidates tonight in New Hampshire, DC Bureau Chief Sam Feist describes how the network will incorporate social media into the debate.

CNN will be projecting a live stream of Twitter and Facebook comments onto a large screen on the debate set for the candidates and the audience to see.  Moderator John King will also be monitoring the comments and incorporating them into his questions.

Watch Feist explain the debate set here:

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