Democrats finally learn to 'work the refs'.

[RandySF]

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday suggested there should be a live fact-check feature during his upcoming debates with President Trump, something he acknowledged may not be feasible.

"I’ve begun to prepare by going over what the president has said, and the multiple lies he’s told," Biden said during a news conference in Delaware when asked about how he's preparing for the debates.

"What I’d love to have is a crawler at the bottom of the screen, a fact-checker as we speak," he continued. "If we really wanted to do something, I think that would make a great, great debate if everything both of us said was instantly fact-checked."

Biden acknowledged the idea may not be feasible before adding that he planned to use the debates "to lay out as clearly as I can what I think we have to do to bring this country back."

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/514864-biden-calls-for-live-fact-checking-at-debates-with-trump

Democratic lawmakers are pushing for questions about climate change to be included in the upcoming presidential debate, renewing a frequent complaint from environmentalists that the topic has been overlooked in previous debates.

“In 2016, there was not a single question on climate change in any of the four presidential and vice-presidential debates. This cannot happen again,” according to a letter signed by 70 lawmakers that was spearheaded by Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.).

“The Commission on Presidential Debates must make climate change a centerpiece of the upcoming presidential and vice-presidential debates," it adds. "Given the dire nature of the crisis, we ask that you break precedent and publicly call on the moderators to include climate in the topics that will be addressed during the debates.”

The push to ensure a focus on climate change during the debates comes after the topic was frequently overshadowed by questions about health care, the economy and international affairs during the Democratic primary.

A number of environmental groups such as Sunrise Movement and Greenpeace pushed for a debate specifically dedicated to climate change, but the call was rejected by the party.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/514861-dem-lawmakers-demand-climate-questions-in-presidential-debates

[lame54]

1. That and a 10 minute time delay

[gratuitous]

2. That's all it would take

There's no requirement that the debate has to be live as it happens. Put a 10-minute delay on it, and the bottom-of-the-screen crawl would work great.

[gristy]

3. Maybe. Who gets to write the crawl? How do you make sure there aren't lies in the crawl?

Not going to happen is my guess. It's up to Biden to call out the lies, as in any debate.

[gratuitous]

5. I'll write it

I'll set up some macros to say, "This is unadulterated bullshit" and "Trump's lying again" and "What a bunch of malarkey!" Should cut the labor by about 90%.

[crickets]

4. +1

Daniel Dale would do a good job with it.

[Patterson]

6. Shock collar.