Clean-up on Aisle i

Richard Eskow (ourfuture.com) on the third debate and what was wrong with the debates this time.

But moments like these are just that: moments, without much meaning. They’re flash photos, jump cuts, shooting stars in an attention-deficit media universe. They’re never fully explored or explained, just left to linger as afterimages on instant replay.

Clinton and Trump had three ninety-minute debates. That’s four and half hours altogether.

Four and a half hours with no detailed discussion of economic inequality.

Four and a half hours with no in-depth talk about long-term unemployment, under-employment, or stagnant wages.

And so on.  Reposted in Crooks and Liars.