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They are not referee's but moderators - they ASK questions - keep things on point. Watch the Trump Biden debate - it was one of the best moderated in a long, long time.
A lot of what are facts some people like to classify as opinions because then they can dodge accountability for what they say. It a candidate says “and during X’s presidency, Russia declared war on Mexico and any day they’re going to nuke each other,” the moderator does interject to say “no, they didn’t.”
If not Harris - her handlers seem to be really hesitant to expose her to any kind of hard questions - or questions at all. I don't think she has the Moxy to debate.
Your pomposity adds nothing to the discussion, nor does it cast you in a good light, nor does it support your side of the debate. If you went to debate school - you might want a refund.
Sometimes legal scholars, judges, scientists, and historians are moderators of debates…
Not at any presidential debate I've seen. They're always hosted by ABC, CNN, NBC, PBS, etc. with their own journalists being the moderators. Maybe there have been some hosted by other entities with people other than journalists that I haven't seen, but I'm not aware of any.
And should the debate be at a NASFAA conference, I’m sure those general and vague guidelines would come into play.
If you have a source that you believe more closely resembles the duties of what a presidential debate moderator does, you're welcome to post it.
Yes, yes… I’m pompous, I’m not being cast in a good light, I’m this, I’m that, because I’m saying somebody is wrong about something. I’ve heard it before, I’m sure I will hear it again. All that means to me is we’ve entered the “the only response I have to what you said is to lash out” phase of your responses, which means I’ve tapped the well of this discussion with you dry.
In debates in general, the moderator can be anybody. Why the hosts of presidential debates tend to choose their own journalists or personalities to moderate would, I think, be pretty obvious.
Somebody posted them earlier on this thread.
Ok then. I doubt we'll see Trump's detractors giving him any credit for meeting his opponent at still another Left-leaning news organization. Trump keeps giving in to his opponent's wishes, but he won't get any credit for doing so.
