Candidates Don’t Need Airtime, They Need Attention
Imagine a Netflix-type portal for short campaign videos.
Last week, Senator Bernie Sanders appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, on which the eponymous host frequently converses with guests for longer than three hours. So it was no surprise when Rogan asked the presidential candidate, “Do you get frustrated by the time constraints of the debates?”
“You shouldn’t even call them a debate,” Sanders answered. “What they are is a reality-TV show in which you have to come up with a sound bite. It’s demeaning to the candidates and it’s demeaning to the American people. You can’t explain the complexity of health care in America in 45 seconds. Nobody can.”
“Why do you think it’s still done that way?” Rogan asked.
“I think the DNC is in a difficult
