Because we saw how well its apathetic-ass audience took to political discussion during the last election, MTV and MySpace will preempt the station’s round-the-clock Hills marathons to foster “unfiltered direct conversations” between presidential candidates and college students using instant message programs for a series of TV debates hosted by CNN’s Anderson Cooper. C’mon–Anderson Cooper? No Kurt Loder, no peace.someone yet to be named, but not CNN’s Anderson Cooper, the mention of which was a product of our inner lust misreading. The Kurt Loder point still stands, though. [Reuters]
