How Presidential Debates Became Unwatchable. A Nonpartisan Analysis - eviltoast
      • theprogressivist @lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Since they changed the rules where candidates are allowed to address each other its been a slow decline to Jerry Springer status.

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      1 year ago

      Ten years… So that’s essentially two debates:

      Clinton v. Trump, 2016 Biden v. Trump, 2020

      One might be tempted to believe the problem is more with one bumbling fascist fool and the decay of American democracy than with the format as such.