From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

The first Democratic primary debate was hosted by CNN and Facebook this week.

And by now, you've no doubt heard that it was a total drubbing.

Hillary Clinton dominated.

Hillary Clinton hit a home run.

Hillary Clinton was tough last night.

She really dominated.

That's right.

The punditocracy has spoken.

Hillary, though besieged by the GOP and maybe the FBI on her squirrely email practices,

showed up with a can of whoop-ass and toppled her opponents

like so many wobbly duck pins.

She knew how to bring it, and I thought she was kind of in control and in command pretty much throughout.

The problem is others with an interest in the matter didn't see it that way.

One of many to object to the

Hillary Triumph narrative was Sean Spicer, communications director for the Republican National

Committee. Focus group after focus group and social media stat after social media stat shows that

Bernie Cantor's was the clear winner. The RNC, of course, would love its eventual nominee to face not Clinton in the general election,

but instead, say, a geriatric Jewish socialist from Vermont.

First, we're going to explain what democratic socialism is.

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