The Debate Over Debates

June, 2016

Big corporations control the presidential debates. Can the unlikely duo of Trump and Sanders end that? The past year has upended the D.C. establishment, and some amongthe sur­viving ruling class fear they maybe next. Folks at the Commission on Presidential Debates are especially worried. For al­most 3oyears, the CPD has orchestrated the most-watched political events in America—TV debates between the Dem­ocratic and Republican nominees. Con­trolled by the two parties and funded in previous years...