Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

How to Make the Debates Less Terrible

There’d be fewer fights and more substance if the parties took the reins from media sponsors.

February 26, 2020 at 12:30 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

Less bickering, please.
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It’s time for the parties to take over their own debates.