{"id":2268487,"date":"2024-06-15T12:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T16:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-announces-rules-for-first-presidential-debate-muted-mics-and-no-notes\/"},"modified":"2024-06-15T12:28:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T16:28:23","slug":"cnn-announces-rules-for-first-presidential-debate-muted-mics-and-no-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-announces-rules-for-first-presidential-debate-muted-mics-and-no-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN sets rules for first presidential debate: muted microphones and no notes allowed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-announces-rules-for-first-presidential-debate-muted-mics-and-no-notes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2268487&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNN announced the rules and logistical details \u2064for\u2064 the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">presidential debate<\/a> \u2063scheduled for June 27. Key points include no studio audience, microphones\u200d being muted unless\u2064 a candidate is \u2064speaking, \u200band standardized podiums for each\u2062 participant. Additional restrictions include a ban \u2063on props and pre-written notes, though candidates will have access to a pen, paper, and water. Moderators Jake Tapper \u2062and Dana Bash will\u200d actively enforce timing rules to facilitate a \u2064civil discussion. Furthermore, CNN discussed the qualification criteria for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-gop-removes-loyalty-oath-primary-condition-which-trump-opposed\/\" title=\"Florida GOP removes loyalty oath primary condition opposed by Trump.\">candidate participation<\/a> in the debates, noting that independent \u2063candidate Robert F. Kennedy,\u2062 Jr. might \u200cnot \u200cqualify. \u2064Kennedy currently meets three of the \u200dfour required qualifying polls and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doj-sues-georgia-over-voting-law\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s DOJ Sues Georgia Over Voting Law\">ballot access<\/a> equivalent to 89 of the required 270 electoral \u2062votes. He has a deadline until \u200cJune 20 to meet\u2062 the full criteria. This \u2064debate context sets\u200b the \u2064stage for a streamlined and \u2064strictly moderated event focusing predominantly on the interactions between the\u2062 candidates.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CNN announced the rules and additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/15\/politics\/trump-biden-cnn-debate-rules\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>details<\/a> for its June 27 presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a>, setting the stage for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3039183\/questions-raised-medically-juicing-biden-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>event<\/a> less than two weeks away.<\/p>\n<p>Notable details include the absence of a studio audience, muted microphones except when a candidate is given time to speak, and each candidate\u2019s presence at a uniform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3044725\/trump-cnn-initially-pitched-seated-debate-with-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>podium<\/a>. No props or pre-written notes will be allowed on the stage, though candidates will be given a pen, a pad of paper, and a bottle of water.<\/p>\n<p>The moderators, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, \u201cwill use all tools at their disposal to enforce timing and ensure a civilized discussion,\u201d according to the network.<\/p>\n<p>The network also mused about who will qualify for the debates, saying it is unlikely for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evan-mcmullin-is-the-democrats-utah-senate-candidate\/\" title=\"Evan McMullin Is The Democrats\u2019 Utah Senate Candidate\">independent presidential candidate<\/a>, to qualify for the debate, saying \u201cThough not impossible in Kennedy\u2019s case, it is less likely that candidates other than Biden and Trump will meet those requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The network says RFK Jr. has three of the four required qualifying polls and has ballot access equivalent to 89 of the 270 electoral votes requirement. He has until June 20 to add another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> showing him at 15% or higher and an additional 181 electoral votes through ballot access in those states.<\/p>\n<p>The most notable requirement is the absence of a studio audience, which is unusual for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">presidential debates<\/a> in the general or party primaries. The detail was the Biden camp\u2019s idea, with campaign chair Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon saying they wanted to avoid raucous crowds for viewers\u2019 benefit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe debates should be conducted for the benefit of the American voters, watching on television and at home \u2014 not as entertainment for an in-person audience with raucous or disruptive partisans and donors, who consume valuable debate time with noisy spectacles of approval or jeering,\u201d Dillon wrote in a May letter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have already agreed to the 90-minute debate rules, and will be allowed two breaks amid their likely verbal combat. As for the other details, muted mics was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/debate-commission-adopts-new-rules-to-mute-mics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>stipulation<\/a> included in a 2020 debate, and Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/22\/us-news\/trump-reveals-new-debate-format-for-upcoming-showdown-with-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pushed<\/a> for the candidates to stand at podiums, in a likely assumption Biden will be more uncomfortable, against the Biden campaign\u2019s suggestion to sit.<\/p>\n<p>There will be at least one more presidential debate as ABC is hosting a debate on Sept. 10, not long before early voting begins in the general election. Trump leads by 1.1% in 538\u2019s national <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/national\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polling<\/a> average.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN has released the guidelines for its upcoming presidential debate on June 27. Key points include no studio audience, muted microphones unless a candidate is speaking, and standardized podiums for each participant. Props and additional materials are not allowed. The debate is set to occur in less than two weeks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2268488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP23245744695764.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP23245744695764.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2268488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}