@davew would be a brilliant idea if most journalists were honest and unbiased. Unfortunately TV hosts apply double standards, easy questions for the politicians they like, and making their best to discredit the other ones.

Imagine the scene:
TV anchor: So, Mr Sanders, your manifesto says you want to tax the rich, but everyone knows that's impossible, so what would you do were you to be elected?
Bernie: Of cours it is possible, and I...
TV anchor: That's an egregious lie! End of the interview!