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The first questions to ask are "why isn't this being done already?" and "has anyone tried doing this already?" and "if yes, what happened?"
I think BBC's "Hardtalk" is doing something like this, thought it is just doing interviews (I think).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HARDtalk
Basically, he's not letting politicians get away with all their usual BS. However, one could go much further than this - be more systematic, even tougher, etc. Moderating debates using the same principle is a logical next step (perhaps it has been done).
My understanding is that HARDtalk is quite succesful.
I think the idea of this post is very good (indeed I have similar ideas myself which I'll probably write something on later) and have a hard time understanding why it's being voted down.
Thanks for the recommendation. I've watched a couple Hardtalk interviews and they were great. Hardtalk definitely suffers the limitations of oral discussion that people talk about elsewhere in this thread, but, for what it is, it's great.