Lucy Battersby
April 17, 2008 - 2:36PM
US voters have expressed outrage over the decision to allow Bill Clinton's former press secretary to moderate today's debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
The two Democratic senators went head-to-head in Philadelphia in the run-up to the Pennsylvania primary on April 22.
The debate was moderated by ABC journalists George Stephanopoulos, a former Clinton staffer, and Charles Gibson.
More than 7000 viewers posted comments on the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) news website criticising the "biased" and "superficial" questions posed by Stephanopoulos, the network's Washington correspondent.
Stephanopoulos helped run Mr Clinton's 1992 election campaign and acted as his press secretary and advisor on policy and strategy before joining the ABC.
"A very biased debate, both Charlie and George attacked Obama tonight," wrote Admiralboy21.
"George Stephanopoulos was on Bill Clinton's administrative staff at one point, why was he asking the questions. ABC did a TERRIBLE job with the debate!!"
Zorbakrufus wrote: "ABC News has officially lost any semblance of credibility it ever had for me.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/us-election/chair-lift-for-hillary/2008/04/17/1208025351372.html