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MadDAsHell

(2,067 posts) Wed Oct 5, 2016, 01:33 PM Oct 2016

Do you think candidates would ever agree to mic off/on in sync with the timer? [View all]

I've always wondered why, if interruptions and going "past your time" is such a big deal in debates, why the hosts don't just sync the mics to turn off and on depending on whose turn it is to speak and how much time they're given?

Or would the candidates never agree to this?

Or maybe the networks secretly love the interrupting, combative style because it makes for better drama?

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Do you think candidates would ever agree to mic off/on in sync with the timer? [View all] MadDAsHell Oct 2016 OP

I think your last point nails it. Lisa0825 Oct 2016 #1

Ditto dae Oct 2016 #4

I am for that, and 15 seconds of add-on time they can press a button and add on.... Divine Discontent Oct 2016 #2

Showing manners would be nice, especially if your dae Oct 2016 #3

I've always thought they should have a bell go off for viewers to hear frazzled Oct 2016 #5

Sometimes you just have to katmondoo Oct 2016 #6

They play music at the Oscars awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #9

I think it should be tried. I like the idea to have a button that adds an extra 15 seconds. Nitram Oct 2016 #7

I wanted an airhorn last night irisblue Oct 2016 #8

When time is up they could just play sad trombone pinboy3niner Oct 2016 #10