Thirteen stations around the country are using KQED’s “You Decide” feature on their websites, says the University of Maryland’s J-Lab Director Jan Schaffer. The interactive doodad asks you to take a position on questions like “Should Saddam be executed?” and then systematically argues the other side against you. The feature doesn’t take sides–it’s ready to debate you either way.
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