Debates: Thumbs Up For Moderators, Thumbs Down For Sound Effects

By Brian 

Slate’s John Dickerson says one of the winners of the debate was Fox News Channel:

“The network hosted the most interesting and innovative debate so far in this election season. Moderators asked probing questions of the 10 candidates and pressed those who ducked them. On some issues, this produced genuine moments of drama.”

But, he adds, “the set was goofy” and the whooshing sound effect displaying the candidate’s name “was so loud it drowned out the candidate and made you want to duck for cover…”

> Politico: “Eschewing mere light bulbs, flashy Fox added a boxing-style bell to let the candidates know when their time was up…”

> SCPols.com: “Sixteen times, or roughly on 29 percent of the answers, the buzzer was heard…”

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