If they were doing fact-checking would you have much confidence in Fox’ ability to fact-check accurately?
Ability? Yes. But I suspect Fox News would either decline to include that feature, or delegate it to some third-party service to be done after-the-fact, or opt not to call out Trump on half-truths.
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I am stretching the definition of “ability” to mean more than just the skill to do something.
Okay, well if it also means “propensity”, then no, I’m not very confident Fox News has that.
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The network that agreed to pay nearly $800 billion for spreading election lies? I’m sure they’d be thorough, ethical, and impartial.[/red]
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No need to fear. That is exactly what will happen.
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I was thinking that a Fox News debate runs the risk of Trump being given softball questions while Harris is given loaded ones, and there will be potential issues if an audience is permitted and Fox News controls who gets tickets.
I think the only way Harris should consider a Fox News debate is if it’s in the middle of the trio, or if it’s last and she gets to pick the Fox News personality to moderate.
There are a few people at Fox that could moderate a debate reasonably well. It’s not going to be the assholes they have on during primetime.
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I though Trump said it would be Hannity. Am I misremembering? Or was that just someone said on the internet.
I can’t imagine Hannity as a serious suggestion. He texts Trump on a regular basis.
Did you see any of Kamala’s debate performances in 2020? She had exactly 1 good moment when she scored off of Biden about school bussing in the 70s.
What Tulsi Gabbard did to her has been compared to Bambi vs Godzilla. Kamala is a poor debater, especially for a former prosecutor.
Caring more about zingers than policy tracks.
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Also, have you compared outcomes from that debate? Tulsi became a Fox News commentator. Kamala became Vice President of the United States.
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Harris seems to have learned a lot in 4 years as VP, her speech’s a much much better than her 2020 run. As I said, she’ll never be mistake for Obama, but I’m not sure how relevant 2020 is.
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She did fine vs Pence. Most memorable part of that debate was the fly, but she improved her favorability rating and people thought she did good overall.
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So Trump confused Wille and Jerry Brown and a safe helicopter landing with one where he almost died. weird.
i recall her not being all that good as well. stilted speech pattern inhibited her making the point that surprised me given her past as a prosecutor.
as for how she’ll do against trump, i am not so worried. i doubt there is anything that resembles back and forth on an issue with rebuttal.
She really been trolling well on Truth Social. Wonder how long before her Free Speech is banned?
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To overcome the built in advantage of the Electoral College, Harris needs to beat Trump by about 4-5% in the popular vote right? That’s not considering any potential election interference from Trump friendly election officials right?