IMO, the question leaking is interesting because it highlights the information asymmetry in the DNC leaks. Donna Brazile was able to get a copy of the debate q

IMO, the question leaking is interesting because it highlights the information asymmetry in the DNC leaks. Donna Brazile was able to get a copy of the debate questions not because someone hacked in and got them for her, but because CNN just... gave them to her. Because she was a contributor to the network that was going to be talking about the debate. There were Republican contributors in the same role who presumably also received a copy of the questions (we would have heard if they didn't, I'm sure), so I personally work on the basis that both candidates have known the questions for (at least) CNN debates for quite some time. The only reason we know the DNC did is because of the e-mail leaks, we certainly don't know that the RNC didn't. I don't say this to excuse anyone involved, just that it's often sold as a left vs right scandal and I really don't think it is. I think it shows how little CNN cares about the integrity of things like this. On a broader level, it isn't talked about that much because IMO it just didn't have that big of an effect. The topic of the debate was known in advance (economy, foreign policy, etc) and it wouldn't have taken a rocket scientist to prepare a list of very likely questions. Certainly, it could have fueled distrust in the mainstream media, but that's something people do talk about at great length, so in a way it's just become one evidence point in a much larger debate.