• UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Trump wants a forum where he is free to spout lies without fact checkers and his supporters can scream over any objections

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      4 months ago

      I mean, it’s not like they’ve really used fact-checkers in any of the debates before, maybe after the debate is over, but they rarely fact-check them on the spot. I wish they’d have a running tally in front of the candidates that was updated throughout the debate with a general “truthiness” indicator. Just a dial gauge that gave an indication of how many statements the person had made vs how many were lies. It could be a way to attach a quantifiable “score” to a person’s debate performance outside of just quips and one-liners.