it was the last debate of the year. there s only one more debate remaining before primary elections kick off with the iowa caucuses in february. so the candidates needed to make it count, especially if you re bernie sanders. if you re bernie sanders, those three hours of exposure on network television were a chance to make up for the media s collective meh when it comes to covering your campaign. a recent analysis of election coverage by the tindall report which tracks network nicely news programs found bernie sanders received just ten minutes out of 857 minutes of campaign coverage in 2015. compare that to 234 minutes for donald trump, and 113 for hillary clinton. well, this week may have been a reminder to the sanders campaign to be careful what you wish for because those minutes of coverage increase exponentially when the sanders campaign became the center of a good old-fashioned political controversy this week. his coverage went from no news to bad news with the revelat