29 November 2012 5:00 AM, PST | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
No debate moderator comes out of the experience completely unscathed, but ABC News Foreign Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz’s performance in the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan — watched by 51.4 million viewers — was met with largely positive reviews. In an interview originally published in October, Raddatz talks to EW about what goes into moderating a huge political debate.
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Entertainment Weekly: How were you asked to be a moderator?
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