The lame rules for presidential debates: a perfect microcosm of US democracy | Glenn Greenwald

Secret collusion between the two parties, funded by corporations, run by lobbyists: all the ingredients are there

The way the two major parties control the presidential debates is a perfect microcosm of how political debates are restricted in general. Though typically shrouded in secrecy, several facts about this process have recently come to light and they are quite instructive.

I was on Democracy Now this morning along with George Farah discussing the ways these debates, designed to cast the...