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Spin Control

Debate taking hits

ABC's presidential debate on Wednesday night is getting panned by various journalism sources, such as Editor & Publisher and Columbia Journalism Review, some liberal blogs and The Washington Post.

It's also drawing boos from MoveOn.Org, the liberal political activist organization, which has already put together a "worst of" video as part of a petition campaign. MoveOn, it should be noted, is in the middle of a competition to create the best independent 30-second commercial backing Obama.

Here's their poke at ABC:

Clips of the debate are available by clicking here.



The Spokesman-Review's political team keeps a critical eye on local, state and national politics.