CBS’s Schieffer, NBC’s Mitchell Wonder ‘How Have We Come to This’ With Debate

Curtis Houck | October 10, 2016
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After a presidential primary in which the major broadcast networks assigned more than a lion’s share of coverage to Donald Trump overtopping his opponents, the lack of self-awareness following Sunday’s presidential debate was palpable as two network veterans bemoaned “how have we come to this” with so much “venom” between Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Longtime CBS News anchor, host, and correspondent Bob Schieffer opined near the tail end of his network’s post-debate coverage with some extensive thoughts that began by simply wondering “how have we come to this” that’s “supposed to be a campaign for the most powerful office in the land.”

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