• doingless@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    How about debates that are actually debates, moderated by an independent and not partisan entertainers? I’m no fan of Trump but those are all strongly Democrat supporters. If you’re trying to sway independent votes, biased moderation sours the desired audience.

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      9 months ago

      Maher is pretty centrist, actually. Dude is straight up anti-mask, for instance. He has quite a few conservative positions, he’d prob be a repub if they weren’t batshit insane these days.

      And, reread my comment, since I haven’t even mentioned anyone moderating. That one came out of your brain, not my comment.

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        9 months ago

        Yeah that’s true about Bill Maher. My mistake was actually vision related though. I can barely read on my phone screen. I’m usually on a large monitor with everything oversized. But I can’t always have access to it. Practicing with talk show hosts is an interesting idea.

        I still stand by my take on biased moderators though. If I watch a hostile interview on Fox I root for the person they’re against. If I watch a hostile interview on MSNBC I root for the person they’re against. They’re all shit but in very different ways, mostly. They’re all sold out to the ultrarich so they have that in common.

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      9 months ago

      And he should do his practice debates, not with a debate-coach, but with a talk show host.

      He never said they should moderate the debate.