Role Of Presidential Debate Moderator
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Role of presidential debate moderator. The commission on presidential debates cpd is a nonpartisan group that has overseen all general election debates since 1987. The worst kind of confrontation a moderator can make is an ultimatum. Either give the right answer or be placed in the basket of deplorables. After setting a chaotic example in the first presidential debate on september 30 where moderator chris wallace was seen battling to gain.
That should be left to the debaters. Interestingly enough welker s idea of. Nbc s kristen welker is scheduled to moderate the next presidential debate which is set for thurs oct. It implies that it is not his role to be confrontational toward the candidates.
A moderator s role is to guide the themes and information flow of the debate. As the presidential debates rules analyst here s a summary of interesting facts about the role of the debate moderator. Incumbent president donald trump and his challenger in us election 2020 joe biden are scheduled to meet for the second and final face off before november 3. This election s presidential and vice presidential debates have chewed up moderators.
This is the 44 year old nbc journalist s biggest stage of her career.