Melissa Joskow / Media Matters The climate crisis was the topic of 9.5% of questions during CNN's two-night Democratic presidential primary debate in Detroit on July 30 and 31. The moderators posed a total of 242 questions or invitations to speak on a topic, and just 23 were climate-related. Fifteen of the 20 candidates were brought into the climate discussions. In comparison, at the two-night NBC debate in late June, less than 6% of the questions were about climate change and only 10 of 20 candidates were asked about the issue. During both debate nights in Detroit, moderators ignored climate change during the first half of the event -- even though the public told CNN in an online poll that they wanted to hear about the climate crisis more than any other topic. On both nights, CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash moderated the climate portion -- and on both nights, she asked whether the Green New Deal was "realistic," focusing on the second night on questioning the feasibility of social and economic components of the Green New Deal. Bash's July 30 climate questions are discussed here.
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