Debate and Moderate

The article I read was, “Who Moderates the Moderators?” by Jacob Leibenluft. I like how the author answers the question of the title right at the beginning of the article. He states, “Yes. The moderators have near-absolute control over the script.” He gets exactly to point which makes the story a clear, easy read. He doesn’t confuse the readers and send them around a loop after vaguely getting to the answer of the article. In addition, the article did not take any sides which made it more appealing to a wide audience. He wrote the article in such a way, that a reader who doesn’t pay attention to the news or politics would still be able to fully comprehend the story. I could also tell that the author did much research on the topic because he backed up his statements with facts and important history. He hooked me into the story at the start of the article where he states some of the official rules for the debate that he found in a memo that isn’t released to the public. Some of the odd and unique rules included: how tall the podiums could be, where the thermostat should be set, and whether the candidates could use their own makeup people. He compared these rules to the only stipulation for the moderator was that the questions address a wide range of issues of major public interest facing the United States and the world. This was a very crafty example he used which stuck to the main idea of the article. It all comes back to title. He chose a catchy title so he would be able to attract as many readers as possible. Once the audience started reading they would realize that it is an unbiased, informative, entertaining article.