Debate Venues & Moderators
 

Can anyone explain why the Republican debates are spread between the liberal media networks and moderators (ex: MSNBC, CNN, etc) and conservative Fox (News and Business), yet the Democratic debates and moderators are all on liberal networks with liberal moderators? Seems the Republicans are not concerned with addressing the "tough questions" from the liberal side, but the Dems are avoiding having the same from the conservative side. Do not make this a Trump issue, so please, without sarcasm if possible, give an opinion on the question posed above.

I believe that you answered your own question.

When liberals control the forum, they dictate ahead of time the end results. They are liberal in name only. As a matter of fact, liberal is an oxymoron when it comes to their true ideology. By dictating the end results, they can tailor the agenda to maintain only a positive camouflage. In political terms, it's called smoke and mirrors. Dishonesty is a mandate, not a choice. Hmmm, that sounds partisan. If it is true, is it still considered partisan?

The networks rule .

Here is the answer, your premise is completely wrong. Fox is a conservative network, MSNBC is a progressive one. CNN and the three traditional networks are middle of the road. It seems that right wingers see the non-Fox media as all liberal and the left wingers see the non-MSNBC as all conservative. So your premise is wrong, and your information is wrong.
Here are the networks hosting GOP debates:
Aug 2015 Fox News
Sep 2015 CNN
Oct 2015 CNBC
Nov 2015 Fox Business
Dec 2015 CNN
Jan 2016 Fox Business
Jan 2016 Fox News

So where do you see MSNBC in that list? Nowhere.

Where have the Democratic debates been?
Oct 2015 CNN
Nov 2015 CBS
Dec 2015 ABC
Jan 2016 NBC

Nothing on MSNBC either. And when the Fox News questions, from a right wing news organization, are too mean for the right wing candidates? How are they going to find a bunch of friendlier people to ask questions than that.
Your GOP candidates are complaining about the FOX news questions. They haven't begun to get the MSNBC questions or any liberal questions.

Who cares???

Liberals get upset if no one agrees with them or someone uses facts, so they resort to name calling. Doesn't bother me, because then I know that I won the debate. But, they get mad when they don't get the proper response and run away. They only resort to name calling when they know that they haven't done their home work and then look stupid. Their only other tactic is to ask baiting questions and attempt to divert from the subject.

And that is why conservatives don't bother to frequent liberal sites.

"Liberals get upset if no one agrees with them or someone uses facts, so they resort to name calling." I guess you haven't read the conservative posts on here.

but they sure do frequent our forum do they not!!

After you figure the network question out, try to explain why the Dems scheduled their debates when not many folks would be watching.

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And why is it now Clinton is pushing for more debates. If she doesn't like what is unfolding she just switches her position to suit.....HERSELF!

A full blooded self serving phony.

Really? Maybe you should go back and read how your troll baits the other posters with ridiculous statements and name calling, just to get attention. I have not seen one conservative name call on here, until the troll baits him into losing his tolerance for juvenile and snide remarks. Go ahead and do your checking and come back AND THEN comment about how harshly you are treated. Name calling politicians doesn't count. Those aren't personal and are always expected. Just watch the news and you will see it coming from the left all the time.

I am going to ask a question, and really don't know the answer? Have any of the Democratic candidates ever been on Fox News? Have they invited and not accepted?

All of the Republicans candidates have been on MSNBC especially Morning Joe. Their interviews have bot been cut short. I haven't seen once where they were not opinions where not respected.

If you listened to Trump last week, how could not go away with the impression that Fox News is only into the debates for the ratings, and the money to be made from them. Without Trump, there would be little to no interest in the Republican debate.

Trump had a set of rules before he would go on O'Reilly. O'Reilly violated them in one of his questions.

To answer your question why there are not any Democratic debates on Fox News. Fox News is considered an arm of the Republican National Committee. If you don't think that this is a case., take a look at the war between Fox News and Trump.

Yes, they have been invited and refused.

And yet FOX is the most watched/number 1 cable news network in the country. So, if there is one conservative leaning network on the air, you liberals are going to complain about it, right? Kind of selfish, aren't you?