usually know that that is a trap. the reason they like to use and hide behind their spots is that they are saying what they want to say, they re measured sometimes tested, howie. they don t want to get past that box. they may get in trouble. i think it s voubl to go and say, hey, this is what you re people are saying, what your ads are saying. he s here, say it to his face. go ahead. what the moderators are trying to do is make the debates entertainmenting, which they are not naturally and illuminating. naturally so. illuminating, the candidates are handling just fine. we re asking chicken hawk questions. we re asking insult this guy to your face. we re giving him 60-second answers and 30-second rebuttals because anything longer than that is not entertaining tv. not everybody gets the chance to speak how do you have six people on the stage the whole debate structure is to make news as entertainment. sorry, the light went on. your time is up. i got to go to a
rick santorum s political career will be ending soon. he will go to the republican convention next year not as a candidate but as a fox news contributor again. santorum has traveled all of iowa, and he s still gaining no traction. there s a reason for that. then of course, santorum finished in a virtual tie in the iowa caucuses. how could news outlets make this mistake again and fail to scrutinize santorum s record in the process? mitt romney faces skeptical questioning despite winning iowa because his margin was a measly eight votes. what does did say about your candidacy that you actually won fewer votes than but in 2008, and you fought rick santorum to a draw? perhaps the press is just trying to keep this race alive? plus, we ll talk to the political director of the dominant tv station, wmur, about covering the nation s first primary as a local story. i m howard kurtz and this is the new hampshire edition of reliable sources. the media narrative here in new