The presidential debates are finally upon us. Tuesday kicks off the first debate between Democratic candidate Joe Biden and sitting president Donald Trump, moderated by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace.
But despite his position, Wallace will not be fact-checking the candidates’ comments during the debate.
“We don’t expect Chris or our other moderators to be fact-checkers,” said Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr., a cochair of the Commission on Presidential Debates, on “Reliable Sources,” CNN’s Sunday morning talk show. “The minute the TV is off there will be plenty of fact-checkers.”
Misinformation experts say that ideally a moderator would do some fact-checking in real time and push back on candidates when they make false claims. Paul Barrett, deputy director at NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, who has written several reports on the impact of disinformation campaigns, says it’s a difficult job. “If Trump opens his usual firehose of falsehoods, it will be…
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