Role Of The Debate Moderator

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Role of the debate moderator. Like any good competition a debate needs an impartial party to regulate things. It is not the moderator s responsibility to be a fact checker. Lukasiewicz warns lying works on live television. That should be left to the debaters.

The role of the moderator as a fact checker is quite controversial according to jennifer mercieca associate professor of communications at texas a m university. The job of a moderator in a presidential debate is to moderate period. In 2012 there was a huge. We didn t need any kind of proof that these debate moderators were in the bag for biden.

Either give the right answer or be placed in the basket of deplorables. Deemed to be one of the most watched tv programs this fall think super bowl level viewership although unlike the superbowl there will be no commercials during the debate fox news host chris wallace will be the lone debate moderator. In the presidential and vice presidential debates the moderators are in charge of researching and selecting the topics the candidates will discuss and welker released her picks on oct. It implies that it is not his role to be confrontational toward the candidates.

A discussion moderator or debate moderator is a person whose role is to act as a neutral participant in a debate or discussion holds participants to time limits and tries to keep them from straying off the topic of the questions being raised in the debate. Brian stelter molly jong fast and mark lukasiewicz discuss fox journalist chris wallace s role as moderator of the first presidential debate. A debate moderator introduces the debaters keeps the arguments relevant redirects discussion and makes sure that each participant is afforded the right amount of time. His job is to tee up topics that are of interest to the american public and keep the conversation flowing and on track.

The members of a forum convene to discuss specific topics and it is the duty of the moderator to encourage lively debate and discussion that is enriching to all participants. It s a debate not a.