Web Extra: Analyzing Debates and Ads in the Election’s Final Stretch

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In web-only clips, Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Marty Kaplan analyze the 2012 presidential debates, as well as the process and messaging behind campaign ads.

First, Jamieson and Marty Kaplan assess how the 2012 debates — and their moderators — served and failed the public.

 
Next, Jamieson and Kaplan discuss micro-targeting and misinformation in 2012 campaign ads, and the responsibility of local TV stations to put their audiences’ interests above campaign cash.


 

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