Really Now….
English: An image of the debate at Saint Anselm College during the New Hampshire primary… facebook sponsored the debates, I had the honor as a student to take the image (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Imagine a court of law where the Federal Rules of Evidence were thrown out, and each party to a dispute could base their argument on their own unique set of unconfirmed facts–would that not be absolutely ridiculous? So why do we accept such a situation during the U.S. electoral process? Where each candidate freely uses uncorroborated and often incorrect facts in their speeches and debates.
Imagine a debate with a scheduled half-time, where the beginning of the second half started with a fact review of the first half. Do you think this would change debate behavior?
It’s time for some real-time fact checking after a half-time break in our Presidential debates.
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