Since when did a debate become a boxing match? (This American Life)
Since when did a debate become a boxing match? Four years into the Iraq War, what have we learned? Soldiers, civilians, Iraqis, and Americans talk and sometimes yell? about what they’ve learned in the last few years.
#333: The Center for Lessons Learned (1:15:27)
About halfway through is a debate between Saun Hannity and Rocky Anderson, Mayor of Salt Lake City, that has the atmosphere of a boxing match with booing and interrupting. It saddens me.
More cultured media concerning Politics
- Obama, McCain interviewed with impromptu questions
- Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System
- Return to 19th century diplomacy: liberal democracies, autocratic governments, and radical Islamists