{"id":2275224,"date":"2024-06-21T14:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T18:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debate-viewers-want-rapid-response-by-moderators-to-false-claims-on-debate-night\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T14:42:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T18:42:39","slug":"debate-viewers-want-rapid-response-by-moderators-to-false-claims-on-debate-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debate-viewers-want-rapid-response-by-moderators-to-false-claims-on-debate-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate audiences expect moderators to quickly address false statements during the event"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fdebate-viewers-want-rapid-response-by-moderators-to-false-claims-on-debate-night%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=2275224&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>A\u200c survey from Boston University&#8217;s College of Communication reveals that a significant majority, 69%, of people desire \u200cthat moderators during CNN&#8217;s June 27 presidential \u200cdebate actively point out candidates&#8217; factual inaccuracies during the\u2063 event. This sentiment is stronger among Democrats, with 81% in favor, compared to 67% of Republicans. However, some respondents remain indifferent or oppose \u200bthe\u200b idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-makes-deal-to-appear-at-cnn-town-hall-leftist-commentators-immediately-freak-out\/\" title=\"Trump agrees to CNN town hall, leftists outraged.\">real-time fact-checking<\/a>, with 21% indifferent and 10%\u200c against it. <\/p>\n<p>Tammy\u2064 Vigil, a senior \u200cassociate at the College of\u200c Communication, notes that while there is bipartisan support for moderators to\u2062 identify \u200derrors, there seems to\u2062 be a partisan divide on the perceived value of verifiable information. Traditionally, media\u200d organizations perform fact-checking separately, and moderators vary in their approach \u2063to correcting \u200cmisinformation during debates.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the survey found 68% of respondents support the idea that\u2062 an independent,\u200b nonpartisan organization should oversee\u200b the design \u200cof presidential debates, rather than media organizations collaborating with campaign \u200dstaffers. This stems from concerns about the impartiality and effectiveness of current debate setups\u200b managed by media entities and political campaigns.  <\/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<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/polls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">survey<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/moderators-should-point-out-factual-errors-in-real-time-americans-say-in-poll-on-eve-of-presidential-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Boston University\u2019s <\/a>College of Communication found that 69% of people want the moderators at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">CNN\u2019s<\/a> June 27 presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">debate<\/a> to \u201cpoint out factual inaccuracies in candidates\u2019 comments during the debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of Democrats, 81% supported the measure compared to 67% of Republicans. Twenty-one percent of respondents were indifferent, along with 10% who disagreed that candidates should be fact-checked in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-staff-told-us-he-misspoke-joe-biden-confuses-his-agenda-in-60-minutes-interview-so-his-staff-steps-in-to-correct-the-record-video\/\" title=\"\"Biden's Staff Told Us He Misspoke\" - Joe Biden Confuses His Agenda in 60 Minutes Interview so His Staff Steps in to Correct the Record (VIDEO)\">real time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupport for moderators pointing out errors is bipartisan and relatively high across the board,\u201d said Tammy Vigil, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/was-your-heart-pill-approved-on-fake-medical-research\/\" title=\"Was Your Heart Pill Approved on Fake Medical \u201cResearch\u201d?\">senior associate dean<\/a> and associate professor at the College of Communication. \u201cStill, the results imply that Democrats either may value verifiable information more than the Republican counterparts, or that they think live fact checking would significantly benefit their candidate or harm the opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Media organizations often fact-check candidates during the debate, offering readers or viewers the chance to see the truth regarding candidates\u2019 claims. However, debate moderators don\u2019t usually check candidates, and their involvement in the debate varies, with some interjecting at points and others leaving the candidates alone.<\/p>\n<p>Other key findings from the survey include that 68% of respondents believe \u201can independent, nonpartisan organization should design the presidential debates instead of media organizations working with campaign staffers.\u201d The Commission on Presidential Debates, which held the debates before media organizations convinced the campaigns to go in a different direction, aimed to be nonpartisan.<\/p>\n<p>Seventy-eight percent of Republicans believed there should be a nonpartisan organization presiding over the debates, with proportions of Democrats, 69%, and independents, 63%, agreeing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, much like in 1960 and before, the presidential debates are not going to be governed by an outside body but designed by television networks and campaign staffers \u2014 something the survey suggests is not what members of either party want,\u201d Vigil said. \u201cPeople may simply be more comfortable with having an independent organization running the show since that is how things have worked for most of the history of debates. Or voters may not trust media outlets to run debates in a fashion that is balanced and informative.\u201d<\/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>Only 54% of respondents agreed they would watch the debate, with 23% indifferent and 24% saying they would not tune in.<\/p>\n<p>Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/20\/politics\/cnn-debate-trump-biden\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">qualify<\/a> for the debate. Viewers can watch former President Donald Trump face off against President Joe Biden on Thursday, June 27, on CNN, along with Fox News and ABC at 9 p.m. Eastern time. The next scheduled debate will be on Sept. 10 on ABC.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1664594\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1664594\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Boston University survey revealed that 69% of respondents desire CNN moderators to correct factual inaccuracies during the June 27 presidential debate. Support varied among parties, with 81% of Democrats and 67% of Republicans in favor. 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