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I have a sorta odd take on this.   This is a natural problem under the current system. By having the a public nationally vote on the president, the candidates must have national exposer through the press. Logically if there is to be a debate, it must be with the largest of media outlets.

Automatically this gives the national press a large amount of sway over who gets the camera time and who does not.   This is unavoidable since camera time is very limited and air time is very expensive, and since people will simply not watch a 4 hour debate which would be required to get in every view from every candidate.

The inevitable result is that the press will choose who they like and whom they do not, and exclude those that they choose.

This leads to people feeling like their views were selectively excluded (which they were) and the rise to demand government stop this.

The solution will never happen. The founding fathers purposely had the election of the president take place through the electoral college to eliminate many of the problems we face with a national election, this being one of them.   The solution is to go back to that.

<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 32547" data-attributes="member: 711">I have a sorta odd take on this.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is a natural problem under the current system.&nbsp; By having the a public nationally vote on the president, the candidates must have national exposer through the press.&nbsp; Logically if there is to be a debate, it must be with the largest of media outlets.Automatically this gives the national press a large amount of sway over who gets the camera time and who does not.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is unavoidable since camera time is very limited and air time is very expensive, and since people will simply not watch a 4 hour debate which would be required to get in every view from every candidate.The inevitable result is that the press will choose who they like and whom they do not, and exclude those that they choose.This leads to people feeling like their views were selectively excluded (which they were) and the rise to demand government stop this.The solution will never happen.&nbsp; The founding fathers purposely had the election of the president take place through the electoral college to eliminate many of the problems we face with a national election, this being one of them.&nbsp;&nbsp; The solution is to go back to that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andy, post: 32547, member: 711"] I have a sorta odd take on this. This is a natural problem under the current system. By having the a public nationally vote on the president, the candidates must have national exposer through the press. Logically if there is to be a debate, it must be with the largest of media outlets. Automatically this gives the national press a large amount of sway over who gets the camera time and who does not. This is unavoidable since camera time is very limited and air time is very expensive, and since people will simply not watch a 4 hour debate which would be required to get in every view from every candidate. The inevitable result is that the press will choose who they like and whom they do not, and exclude those that they choose. This leads to people feeling like their views were selectively excluded (which they were) and the rise to demand government stop this. The solution will never happen. The founding fathers purposely had the election of the president take place through the electoral college to eliminate many of the problems we face with a national election, this being one of them. The solution is to go back to that. [/QUOTE]

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