September 18, 2005

Detroit Mayoral Debate at WSU

Several media outlets covered the Detroit mayoral debate held at Wayne State Monday. Lisa Collins (Detroit News) filed a story; a photographer took photos at both the debate and at the Student Center Building after the debate. Detroit News photographers took photos of the candidates speaking to the students and the students watching the debate during "Debate Watch." - David Runk and John Martin (AP) filed a story. Quin Klinefelter reported the piece for WDET; Lourdes Duarte (Fox 2) covered Debate Watch and participated in the interviews with candidates following the debate; Cheryl Chodun (Channel 7) covered the debate; Roger Webber (WDIV 4) covered the debate; Charles Pugh (WJLB/WJBK) covered; Mike Payne (WWJ) ran a report last night and this morning mentioning that the candidates and "vocal" audience engaged in a lively debate at Wayne State University. The Detroit News covered the debate this morning and quoted WSU Professor of Communication George Ziegelmueller, who declared Kilpatrick the winner. "He knew what he was doing. He controlled it, "said Ziegelmueller. The Detroit News editorial page had a different take though reporting that "Kilpatrick was missing his magic" during the event in an editorial. Wayne State pre-med student Cindy Chidi, 19, summed it up: "I think both candidates neglected to address the issues. They showed poor taste. What is your framework to help the poor? We are the poorest city in the nation."

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