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 @dangillmor @dangillmor You can add to that CNN / Jake Tapper / Dana Bash lending their credibility and audiences to Donald John Trump in "debates" despite no evidence that Trump can be moderated in such a format. Those debates should never have been scheduled; the Biden team was foolish for allowing Trump yet another megaphone. 6 comments | Expand all CWs
@AlgoCompSynth @dangillmor The microphone cutoff mandate is new, and I’m willing to give this a chance to prove itself against Trump. With two ideal candidates, it would also be fantastic. @AlgoCompSynth @dangillmor Also: no studio audience. Good riddance Commission on Presidential Debates. @ckent @dangillmor Big deal - Trump and his henchfolk will find a way to make a spectacle from this at Biden's and CNN's / the moderarors' expense. The debates are a bad idea. @AlgoCompSynth @dangillmor I know — but the ceilings and floors in support are very weird in 2024. A lot of strong factors are dialled in this time with two “incumbents”, that very little moves the needle this time. I’m not saying your point is not a worry — just not necessarily. For example one of the weirder *actual* concerns is that Trump is grasping the anti-vaxxers from drifting to RFK. That’s one of the remaining few variables that work. @ckent @dangillmor I didn't see the microphone cutoff in the press coverage. I'd be surprised if CNN agreed to that. This is about an audience for them. |
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@dangillmor CNN should know better. My guess is Biden's team warned him against it and he over-ruled them.