How Presidential Debates Became Unwatchable. A Nonpartisan Analysis
How Presidential Debates Became Unwatchable. A Nonpartisan Analysis
statecraft.beehiiv.com How Presidential Debates Became Unwatchable. An Analysis
Off-topic, crude, loud. Debates should be the pinnacle of national dialogue but they've devolved into shouting matches. Here's why.
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Its been at least 10 years since I've watched one. They dont even answer the questions that are asked.
Candidates go straight to personal attacks :/
Since they changed the rules where candidates are allowed to address each other its been a slow decline to Jerry Springer status.
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.
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