He even tried having moderators for each session, to make sure no one veered off track.
Imagine finding moderators for all eleven of South Africa's official languages.
The Commission on Presidential Debates chose the dates, places and moderators for the debates without any negotiations with the candidates.
He seemed to be referring to MSNBC, whose hosts have been criticized by Fox moderators for their praise of Mr. Obama.
The commission in charge of setting up the presidential debates named the list of moderators for the four events it plans to hold this fall.
The moderators for these summits are Sean Rembold and Dave Gould, tag-team chefs de cuisine for Diner and Marlow & Sons.
The formats and moderators for the debates are still up in the air, though it was agreed that there would be one moderator for each forum, participants said.
Mr. Gingrich chided the moderators for some of their questions and sought to turn the conversation to a serious discussion of policy.
Newt Gingrich, who has made deriding moderators for "gotcha" questions a staple of his debate performances, erupted on Thursday night in a raging indictment of the news media.
In an echo of the way in which Republican presidential candidates have turned their ire on debate moderators for puerile questions, Sanders lashed out at Lester Holt and Andrea Mitchell of NBC News.
Support for Mr. Gingrich has built slowly through his debate performances, a combination of scolding moderators for their questions and unspooling answers that show off decades of policy expertise.
