The Maddow question: Should commentators moderate debates?

NEW YORK (AP) — During her turn as moderator in last week’s Democratic primary debates, Rachel Maddow briefly scuffled with Bernie Sanders and, with Pete Buttigieg, induced the campaign rarity of a politician admitting to a failure.
But she didn’t put to rest the issue of whether NBC News was wise to include the host of MSNBC’s most popular opinion show as a questioner.
Some journalists have said this violates a traditional — if frayed — distinction between ne