Huffington Magazine Issue 18 | Page 37

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: RAMIN TALAIE/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES; LEO RAMIREZ/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; GETTY IMAGES/VISUALS UNLIMITED Voices QUOTED HUFFINGTON 10.14.12 “Part of my moderator mission was to stay out of the way of the flow and I had no problems with doing so. My only real personal frustration was discovering that ninety minutes was not enough time in that more open format to cover every issue that deserved attention.” — Jim Lehrer “The press just doesn’t know how to handle flat-out untruths.” — Paul Krugman to This Week about the media’s failure to fact-check Romney after the first debate “Now there is a business that needs to be shrunk down so it can be drowned in a bathtub or a thimble. — HuffPost commenter MSaxe on the oil industry “At least Chavez had the patriotism to serve in his country’s military. Mitt hid in France when his country needed him most.” — HuffPost commenter ICanoeCanEwe