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The New York Times writes that the Vice Presidential debate format will be different than the standard Presidential debate format. The amount of time each question gets will be shorter, meaning less depth in answers. There will also be less time set aside for back and forth, free debating. The McCain people claimed that the standard format would have put Palin at a disadvantage because she hasn't done much debating. They also tried to have it changed so that she didn't have to answer any back and forth questions at all, but that was denied by the committee. Is the change in the debate format fair?