Like the idea of an honest debate, free of MSM tinkering; however, I fear that if you limit it to web-based distribution only you are going to be “preaching to the choir”. Rather, the vast majority of viewers will be friendly conservatives and/or dems bloggers & msm propagandists looking for hit-piece material.
Now, I have no panacea for curing the MSM spin & bias, but to reach the widest possible audience (which we must *try* to do to grow our ranks) we will somehow have to “use” the major networks for the time being. And when I say “use”, I mean just that. Use them like a rented mule.
I also like countering in plain language using hard facts with a calm, reasonable, matter-of-fact and unshakable demeanor. Let the dems screech all they want, but we remain unmoved and resolute and just keep hammering them with logic & reason supported by fact & common-sense. Don’t shrink from the inevitable confrontations and ridicule the snot out of their over-the-top histrionics.
But, to do that, we need a bunch of folks on point who possess a broadband knowledge of the issues (Gingrich-esque) who can remain calm under pressure. We need to find those folks, recruit them and push them out front.
In thinking about my post I believe you are correct, it does need to be on TV. Although the major networks will attempt to go into total meltdown over such T&Cs one (or more) of the networks will probably agree to it.
If they are thinking of violating the T&C agreement they will certainly believe they can weasel out of it claiming journalistic privilege under the Constitution (yeah, NOW they like the Constitution).
In anticipation of this, as soon as the debaters are on stage and have been introduced, with the network(s) still in the first three or four minutes of the broadcast the moderators and whatever other conservatives are designated to be on camera begin reading a short summary of the T&C regarding NO network commentary, NO “reaction,” NO viewer opinions, NO emails sent in during the debate, NO additions or voice-over “interpretations” and NO re-broadcasts of any part of the debate are allowed.
They then clearly state exactly who signed the T&C agreement for each corp that is carrying the feed.
All on-camera individuals will have a copy and be ready to read with the producers of the debate monitoring in real time what is actually being broadcast. The producers are communicating with all on-camera individuals. No matter where the network(s) switch the active camera of the feed to, that person picks up the reading of the T&C summary.
They can cap it off with a quick review of the mandatory fines. Only then do they start the debate.
The networks have been playing games for far too long. Let’s see how they do in a real game of hardball.
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