How to stream tonight’s Democratic debate if you’re a cord cutter

Liberals are urging CNN to add a left-leaning questioner to its panel at this week’s debate of Democratic presidential candidates, saying it’s only fair because conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt participated in the network’s coverage of the second Republican debate last month.

The five-candidate debate at the Wynn Las Vegas is set to start at 5:30 p.m. and may run up to 2 1/2 hours, according to CNN.

CNN’s decision to live stream the debate online comes as an increasing number of people are choosing to forgo subscriptions to cable and satellite and instead stream video from services like Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and others.

“You want someone at the debate for Tuesday night who will question the Democrats from the progressive perspective”, said Jeff Cohen, a former MSNBC producer who now teaches at Ithaca College, and the petition’s author. He will be joined by CNN political correspondent Dana Bash and CNN en Espanol anchor Juan Carlos Lopez. Also, the network is allowing for questions from viewers to be submitted through Facebook or Instagram. “All users will be able to watch live CNN TV online and on their mobile devices without logging in”.

Cooper has indicated he will not conduct the Democratic debate in the same way, as he told CNN’s Brian Stelter on the October 11 edition of Reliable Sources: “I don’t think this is a debate where you’ll have candidates attack each other”. The Democratic field gathers next on November 14 in Des Moines for a debate sponsored by CBS News, The Des Moines Register and KCCI-TV. “He’s not going to criticize her. And I see no reason Hillary Clinton would do that with any of the candidates”.

Still, 40 percent of Democrats said they were very interested in their party’s pool of candidates, which includes front-runners Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Jim Webb. Candidates were required to meet a 1 percent threshold to be invited.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if the president catches part of the debate tonight”.

What can Cooper and pals do to make the upcoming debate more informative, assuming they want to?