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Merrick's avatar

Eric, the only consolation with the debate being on Fox News, and I admit, it is wee, is that Chris Wallace is the moderator. When he's one-on-one with Trump he turns into a version of his father — and I mean that in the most positive sense of the sentiment. Other than clips which show him challenging Republicans or other Fox anchors, I don't watch him otherwise on the network to form any further opinion, however. But he is the sole returnee moderator from the 2016 debates.

I wonder if Trump wouldn't have participated had Fox not been in the mix; although he likely had to relent to no one more egregious than Wallace as that's probably the only Fox personality the Biden Team would even consider. But, yah, they really, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 do not deserve the honor.

Just looked at the other two debate details — all single moderator? The second one from C-SPAN..?!? I guess Trump wouldn't agree to PBS. But he ok'd NBC News, his arch enemy, and it's moderated by MSNBC regular, Kristen Welker, of all people. I actually have liked Kristen's field reporting in the past and wondered why when her 2016 "Road Warrior" compatriots, Katy Tur, Kasie Hunt and Hallie Jackson, all have since gotten regular anchor spots, Welker hasn't. But then I saw her fill in a few weeks ago for ... was it Chris Hayes? I was stunned with how unfairly unrelenting she was with a guest, with sort of a conservative Devil's Advocate undertone, to the point of my thinking, "Give it a rest, Kristen — you're on MSNBC, for heaven's sake!" So maybe that answers my question about her.

But, really, these debates should all be moderated by at least two people, like the 2nd one of 2016 with Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz. Two different networks, which makes things a little more interesting, and a little more fair.

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June Rose's avatar

trump hasn't debated anyone yet and there's virtually no chance he will this time. He lies, intimidates & blusters.

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