Yeah. I saw that right after I posted. The polls I've seen find that an overwhelming majority of viewers and voters want factchecking. Plus, it's basic journalism.
But MAGA whined and worked the refs. And in the alternative reality that is TV executive decision-making, abdicating their responsibility won out over protecting our democracy.
I think you should be careful what you wish for. If the fact-checking is allowed to continue, it won't be done like it was on ABC last month where only Trump gets called out. The network bosses will demand symmetry, meaning every fact check done on one candidate will require a fact check done on the other side no matter how petty or frivolous. It would become an arms race with the liars gaming the system. I'd prefer to just let the candidates do the fact checking.
I don't think you'll find many here who agree with your characterization that only Trump was called out. Only Trump was lying. Silence is complicity, especially when you're allegedly a journalist.
My characterization isn't in reference to who was or wasn't lying in the last debate. It's in reference to how the fact-checkers can be expected to respond moving forward that's amenable to ongoing participation by both parties. Even if Trump was the only one lying in the ABC debate, if only one side is being fact-checked, only one side will continue to agree to do the debates. The host networks are then left with two options: fact-check both sides equally whether it's warranted or not....or leave the fact-checking to the candidates themselves. I prefer the latter.
Even if they forego fact-checking, a skillful moderator can anchor their questions in a facts-confirming reality! For example:
"Senator Vance, do you regret claiming that Haitians living in Springfield, immigrants who are there legally, were eating peopleтАЩs pets тАУ their cats and dogs тАУ a claim that has been proven to be false?"
They stated no fact checking except by the candidates themselves. https://apnews.com/article/cbs-debate-vice-president-fact-check-7a3b31c98ab092dd44915df57a359d10
Absolutely disgusting lack of journalism.
The biggest impact on the lack of fact checking is Walz will have spend time rebutting the lies and not focus on his message.
Yeah. I saw that right after I posted. The polls I've seen find that an overwhelming majority of viewers and voters want factchecking. Plus, it's basic journalism.
But MAGA whined and worked the refs. And in the alternative reality that is TV executive decision-making, abdicating their responsibility won out over protecting our democracy.
Shame on the CBS weasels.
I think you should be careful what you wish for. If the fact-checking is allowed to continue, it won't be done like it was on ABC last month where only Trump gets called out. The network bosses will demand symmetry, meaning every fact check done on one candidate will require a fact check done on the other side no matter how petty or frivolous. It would become an arms race with the liars gaming the system. I'd prefer to just let the candidates do the fact checking.
I don't think you'll find many here who agree with your characterization that only Trump was called out. Only Trump was lying. Silence is complicity, especially when you're allegedly a journalist.
My characterization isn't in reference to who was or wasn't lying in the last debate. It's in reference to how the fact-checkers can be expected to respond moving forward that's amenable to ongoing participation by both parties. Even if Trump was the only one lying in the ABC debate, if only one side is being fact-checked, only one side will continue to agree to do the debates. The host networks are then left with two options: fact-check both sides equally whether it's warranted or not....or leave the fact-checking to the candidates themselves. I prefer the latter.
Even if they forego fact-checking, a skillful moderator can anchor their questions in a facts-confirming reality! For example:
"Senator Vance, do you regret claiming that Haitians living in Springfield, immigrants who are there legally, were eating peopleтАЩs pets тАУ their cats and dogs тАУ a claim that has been proven to be false?"