Tavis Smiley to Moderate First Presidential Debate Tonight Made Up Entirely of Journalists of Color

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Tavis Smiley to Moderate First Presidential Debate Tonight Made Up Entirely of Journalists of Color

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Television and radio host Tavis Smiley is set to host the third presidential debate tonight between Democratic candidates. They will be questioned for the first time by a panel made up entirely of journalists of color. All eight Democratic presidential candidates meet at Howard University tonight for their third presidential debate. They will be questioned for the first time by a panel made up entirely of journalists of color. The debate - dubbed the All-American Presidential Forum - will be moderated by TV/radio host Tavis Smiley and will air live on PBS. The panelists include Michel Martin of National Public Radio and columnists Ruben Navarrette and DeWayne Wickham. Tavis Smiley is the host of �Tavis Smiley� on PBS and �The Tavis Smiley Show from PRI.� He is and the author and editor of 11 books, including �The Covenant with Black America.�

AMY GOODMAN: . . . tell us what the format is. Is this an outright debate? Are there going to be people -- you say �we� -- in addition to you who are asking those questions?

TAVIS SMILEY: Yes. Good question, Amy. There are three other persons of color asking questions for ninety minutes in twelve questions. I obviously could have done it by myself, given what I do every day, but I wanted, again, to showcase, to spotlight other journalists of color and give them an opportunity in prime time in this historic conversation to express themselves and ask questions, as well. So I�ll be joined by DeWayne Wickham of USA Today, Michel Martin of NPR, and Ruben Navarrette, a Hispanic brother who writes a syndicated column, so black and brown asking questions tonight. There will be three other journalists of color that I�ll select, that we will select, for the Republican forum, September 27th.

But the forum is essentially this -- and, by the way, we�re calling it, to your question, a �forum� and not a debate, because I really don't think with eight people you can really get the kind of vigorous debate that we really want to see. We�ll get there, but it�s important to get these people on record now, just in case any one of them breaks through as president or breaks through as the vice presidential pick. Let's get them on the record now. It�s important to do that, even though you can�t get a real debate. That said, everybody gets to answer every question, and everybody has one minute to answer every question.

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Thu Jun-28-07 12:40 PM
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1. Smiley

I would rather have Stuart Smalley Moderate!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

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Thu Jun-28-07 12:42 PM
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2. Tavis has come a long way

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Forkboy

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Thu Jun-28-07 12:46 PM
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3. I like Tavis a lot.

He's one of the few thoughtful voices on the air.

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Thu Jun-28-07 02:06 PM
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4. You'll see something very different.

Trust me, there will be substance.....

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me b zola

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Thu Jun-28-07 02:15 PM
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5. I agree

I look forward to watching

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AndreaCG

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Thu Jun-28-07 02:26 PM
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6. Tavis has a good blend of serious and celebrity guests on his show

The discourse is well researched , well moderated and intelligent.

I just wish they'd come up with a woman journalist too. Sheryl McCarthy who writes (or wrote) for Newsday would be a good choice

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