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Was something that was way behind the scenes. the debate commission makes these rules and usually secret. this year they leaked, first on time and goinger.com. you can read these rules. turns out the debate rules restrict the moderator from doing any fact checking or any commenting or response to the answers the candidates give. we never knew that before because it's the between the candidates and the commission. it's crooked and i think sort of very untransparent in a lot of ways. we learned that. the next cycle there's going to be a lot of pressure to change the rules. >> i hate the rules an...

>> the big surprise, something way behind scenes, the debate commission makes the rules, they are usually secret. this year they leaked, first on time and gawker.com. you could read these rules. it turns out the debate rules restrict the moderator from doing any fact-checking or any commenting or response to the answers the candidates give. and we never knew it before. because it is secret between the candidates and commission. it is crooked, and we learned that. next cycle, i think there will be pressure to change the rules. >> i hate the rules, and did rewrites on the show about the rules. m...

>> that's all i want to talk about. >> she had her own area which she called candy land. >> not true. >> i didn't even know it was a joke. i totally bought that. >> why did you think obama won, andy. he wasn't fact checked at all. >> debates are generally unfortunately not about the facts. i think obama presented himself better. romney i thought was too snippy and i don't think he presented himself as obama did. >> that's a circular argument. >> i thought the knee jerk was , oh that's not really what he did. >> they make a big deal about setting up the debate rules and they set them up and the...

Contributor behind the story on this. >> reporter: thanks. everybody knows debates are pretty important. the first one revived the romney campaign, and the second was obama's best night since sinking al green at the apollo. but if they have such an impact on our democratic process, i want to ask why are they so undemocratic. the debates are run by a private unelected commission funded by private corporations like anheuser-busch and southwest airlines. it's controlled by a board of politicos. not a single member of the board on the screen represents the public or the press. it's also 80% male. ...

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