Comments by "RhondaK" (@Rhonda2580) on "New Tim Walz Lies and China Connection, and Trump's NFL Politics, with RCP Hosts and Joe Pags" video.
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Here are two main problems with “fact checking” during a debate. First of all, it interrupts the flow of the debate and inserts the moderator into the process too much. You can end up with a moderator doing an alleged fact check, and then the candidate disagreeing with the alleged fact check, etc. Just wastes time - we want to hear from the candidates, not the moderator. Second, the alleged fact checks are not necessarily accurate. They can be biased and lean one direction or the other. Also, it is difficult to correctly fact check something that isn’t a truly factual statement (like with Trump saying “we had the best economy ever.”). That’s just hyperbole, but they still try to fact check it. And, again, it just inserts the moderator into the debate with too heavy a hand, and takes time away from the candidates.
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