Deggans: Where's the diversity among presidential debate moderators? - Tampa Bay Times: Here's the thing about diversity in public life: Once you have some of it, folks demand a lot more.
That's why I'm a little surprised to see the Commission on Presidential Debates offer a slate of moderators for four presidential and vice presidential contests this year that ups the ante of gender diversity, while leaving racial diversity in the dust.
Gwen Ifill, the African-American anchor who handled two previous vice presidential debates ably, was nowhere to be seen on the list of moderators announced Monday. Instead, the commission tapped Ifill's PBS colleague Jim Lehrer, Bob Schieffer of CBS, Candy Crowley of CNN and Martha Raddatz of ABC.
