When the first debate of the 2020 presidential cycle devolved into chaos — with Joe Biden and Donald Trump talking over and insulting each other — no one blamed Fox News for moderator Chris Wallace’s inability to maintain control.
CNN set these terms for the debate, and the candidates agreed to them when they signed on. “The goal was to make sure we are moderating a debate between these two candidates who can be heard in their two different visions by the American people at home watching,” Chalian said. Already, the Trump campaign has telegraphed a plan to attack the credibility of the two moderators, veteran anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. On Monday, anchor Kasie Hunt abruptly ended an interview with Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt after she accused the two journalists of bias. That led to CNN releasing a statement defending their credibility, an auspicious start to the week.
Declaration for American Democracy, a coalition of advocacy groups such as Common Cause and the Sierra Club, sent a letter to CNN brass late last week urging the network’s moderators to ask questions about American democracy and to correct election misinformation.“It is also essential that the debate moderators challenge falsehoods relating to U.S. elections that may emerge throughout the debate,” the group wrote in the letter, which was provided to The Washington Post.
On that night, Trump played to a crowd that seemed to be heavily Republican-leaning. This time around, he will be speaking to an empty room, which Lukasiewicz predicted will force the candidates to be more substantive and less performative in their answers.Either way, the debate will surely provide a ratings boost for CNN — which has struggled to attract the audience it drew during the news boom of the Trump administration.
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