Subject: Re: question
From: "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Wei, Shu-Yen" <[email-masked]>, Erik Smith <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 07:50:02 -0700

Yes, that's the way to go.

Mark Paustenbach
National Press Secretary &
Deputy Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
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On May 20, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Hilarious. What a joke that guy is. You can tell him on background that it's entirely up to the networks and leave it at that.

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From: "Wei, Shu-Yen" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: 05/20/2016 10:41 (GMT-05:00)
To: Erik Smith <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: question

Ok, so basically, John is asking because O’Malley had said that he didn’t get enough time during his debates, so he’s trying to see if that’s true. He’s asking us before he asks the networks

From: Erik Smith [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 9:51 AM
To: Miranda, Luis; Wei, Shu-Yen; Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark
Subject: RE: question

That’s completely up to the network’s discretion.

From: Miranda, Luis [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 9:50 AM
To: Wei, Shu-Yen; Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Erik Smith
Subject: RE: question

Plus Erik who has negotiated our debates. I believe we left that to the networks. If you get a little more info from him on what kind of story he's working on we can decide if it's worth giving him any insight.
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From: Wei, Shu-Yen
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 9:38 AM
To: Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Miranda, Luis
Subject: Fwd: question
Do you guys have any idea on this? I don't know anything about debate negotiations

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From: "Fritze, John" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: May 20, 2016 at 9:15:03 AM EDT
To: "[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: question
I have a question I am hoping someone there can help me with on background, attributable to a "Democratic official" or whatever terms we negotiate.

Regarding the primary election debates, does anyone there know definitively whether the presidential campaigns negotiate the share of questions they will receive (40% of the questions asked, 50%, etc.), or is that something the network has license to decide? During the general election debate, I'm told, an equal number of questions is a negotiated point.  But how does it work for the primary?

Thanks much for any guidance.

John Fritze
Washington correspondent
The Baltimore Sun
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