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Posted Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000, at 9:00 PM ET

Last week Al Gore and George W. Bush agreed to three debates moderated by PBS anchor Jim Lehrer. After the 1996 debates, Slate's Jack Shafer complained that Lehrer "bring[s] the sort of solemnity to the occasion that minimize[s] the risk of things getting interesting." Click here to read Shafer's article.

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