Behind in the Ratings, CBS News Hopes for Help From a Debate

BEHIND IN THE RATINGS, CBS NEWS HOPES FOR HELP FROM A DEBATE
It is an axiom of political debates that lagging competitors always want them more than front-runners. CBS News, which lags well behind its competitors in most areas of television news, wants a debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the worst way. The network may get its wish this week. After every other national television news organization — even the Spanish-language Univision — has been center stage in a debate-cluttered election season, CBS is expected finally to land a prime-time face-off between Senator Obama and Senator Clinton.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/arts/television/26cbs.html?ref=todaysp...
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