Who Won The Debate?

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(09-28-2016, 12:36 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I waffle on the fact checking. A part of me like the idea of the moderator, or someone else, checking things. The other part thinks it should be up to their opponent(s) to check that, it is a debate after all. You generally know the bullshit the other person is going to throw out there, have the info ready to shoot them down.

I'd rather not have the moderator do the fact checking because it gives the candidates an out if they're perceived as the loser of the debate. Imagine you have a guy who always tells the truth versus a guy who always lies. If the moderator fact checks, he'd only fact check one and even though the guy is a liar, it would look like the moderator is in league with one of the candidates. Now, this would never happen in real life, I know, but it is possible that one candidate might be more prone to non-factual statements leading to more fact checking than his/her opponent which would still lead to the possibility of the appearance of impropriety by the moderator. It's why I think it best to let the candidates and pundits afterwards, do the fact checking. Either that or have 2 moderators, one for each candidate picked by the other candidate. Like have Sean Hannity question/fact check Hillary and have Christ Matthews question/fact check Trump. Would definitely be interesting.