During CBS Evening News . Candidates back to back. Candidates answer specific questions. Candidates back to back. Candidates answer specific questions.
Candidates answer specific questions.
Without such a ruling, broadcasters would have been required to provide an equal number of segments to all presidential candidates on the ballot. The discourse in the free time segments was less inflammatory, more accurate, more issue-oriented and better substantiated that the discourse in ads and news reports, according to an Annenberg Public Policy Center study. But in part because the networks did not roadblock or promote the spots, relatively few viewers watched the free air time segments in 1996. A nationwide survey taken after the election found that just 22 percent of registered voters said they saw the segments, while 72 percent said they saw the debates and 84 percent said they saw candidate ads. More than half of those who watched the free time segments described themselves as politically interested and informed.