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On the recordJanuary 26, 2012
I wish in retrospect I had protested when Brian Williams took them out of it, because I think it was wrong. And I think he took them out of it because the media is terrified that the audience is going to side with the candidates against the media, which is what they have done in every debate.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Gingrich expresses his dissatisfaction with the format of previous debates that limited audience reactions.

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