BBC: US election 2020: Kristen Welker was 'clear winner' on social media

[Celerity]

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54655482



If social media is to be believed, there was only one winner of the final presidential debate - the person in charge. Kristen Welker has been lauded online for her performance as moderator, in particular being praised for keeping candidates to time and not allowing them to talk over her.

There have been more than 125,000 tweets about the 44-year-old NBC journalist, who became only the second black woman to moderate a presidential debate alone, 28 years after ABC News journalist Carole Simpson became the first in 1992. Welker would have still been at school when Simpson moderated that debate between Bill Clinton and George HW Bush.

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Fox News journalist Chris Wallace faced criticism for his moderation of the last debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, while Susan Page was similarly criticised for how she handled the vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris. But clearly Welker was taking notes from those debates, as she was praised specifically for managing to keep the candidates in line, and controlling the conversation.

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Fellow journalists have been vocal in their praise for Welker's performance. NBC's Chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson called it "a career-defining moment", while news anchor Harris Faulkner said she "gave the American people a real debate". And PBS White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor said she was "beaming" watching Welker.

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[TreasonousBastard]

1. Heh. But still we had a few around here complaining about the lousy job she did. I have...

nothing but kudos for her, but did notice that Trump made it easier by interrupting less than usual.