Debating the Debates

Debating the Debates

(Global Pulse: October 23, 2008) John McCain and Barack Obama have faced each other through three debates before the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The match-ups have been packed with verbal blows, character attacks, and angry denials. Has the negative rhetoric changed the media's view of the two men battling to be the next President of the United States. In the end, will voters have much on which to gauge their decisions?

SOURCES: CCTV, China; BBC, U.K.; Al Jazeera, Qatar; Russia Today, Russia; Press TV, Iran; TV 5, France; Telesur, Venezuela; TVE, Spain; Pew Research Project.

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