As far as these debates as public fora for presidential candidates go, what is being revealed is how local media are a failure.

One needs to be specific about presidential “debates,” with quotation marks because (1) technically, these are not debates, given those rules of no notes, given the fact that candidates tend to be undisciplined, and get away with not answering questions; and (2) there was the Vice Presidential “Debate” done by CNN Philippines.

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