From FreePress.net - Rate the Debate

[Terri S]

We all know how the media spins the debate performances, how moderators ask ridiculous questions rather than focusing on serious issues. Here is your chance to rate the media's handling of tonight's debate.

From my email from FreePress:

More than 8,000 people have already signed up to "Rate the Debates" online, beginning with tonight’s broadcast of the McCain-Obama debate in Mississippi. You can join them as well.

It’s easy and will take only ten minutes. Here’s how to Rate the Debate:

We will post the rating tool at www.RatetheDebates.org 15 minutes after the debate begins. Watch the entire program and then go there immediately to rate the media's performance.

We’ll be working with media analyst Andrew Tyndall to capture your real-time feedback and generate reports for hundreds of political reporters covering the event.

Tonight's debate is a main event in this election year. Let’s not leave it to campaign flacks and media spin-meisters to tell us whether the candidates and moderators addressed the issues that matter most.

Watch the Debate and Give Us Your Feedback at www.RatetheDebates.org

It’s time we held our media -- and through them, our leaders -- accountable.

Thank you,

Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press