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CNN will broadcast this Thursday the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trumpan unavoidable quote that could decide the elections.
To avoid the chaos of the 2020 duel between the two candidates, Microphones will remain muted outside of speaking time. and there will be no public in the room.
Invectives, mockery and a sitting president, Donald Trump, constantly interrupting his opponent Joe Bidenwho finally blurted out: “Can you shut up, man?”
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CNN hopes to avoid the cacophony that dominated the first televised duel of the 2020 presidential election. First of all, the debate will be held without an audience in the network’s studios in Atlanta, starting at 9:00 p.m. (01:00 GMT on Friday). Thus, Joe Biden’s microphone will be muted when Donald Trump speaks and vice versa.
The two oldest candidates in American history –Biden is 81 and Trump is 78 – they will stand behind a lectern for 90 minutes.
CNN assures that its two moderators, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, figures of the network, “They will use all the tools at their disposal to enforce speaking times and guarantee a civilized debate.”
Trump will have the last word
A coin tossed determined that Joe Biden could choose the place he wanted to occupy on the podium – he chose the right – and the order of his final statements. Trump will have the last word in the debate.
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CNN has not reported its questions nor does it plan to do a real-time fact check.
“One of the problems of a debate with Donald Trump,” who repeats, for example, without evidence that the 2020 election was stolen from him, “is that the moderators cannot verify the facts in real time and it is better that way, since it would be very risky.” and it would disrupt the debate,” says Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a communications professor at the University of Pennsylvania. “The risk is that, more than informing, the debate can multiply inaccurate information”says.
However, the American media highlighted that in its coverage of the live debate Through its website it will include analysis and fact checking.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump They will not have teleprompters or small cards prepared, but what to take notes with. They will also not be able to meet with their teams during the two commercial breaks.
The two candidates have privileged the CNN information network to the detriment of the Commission on Presidential Debates, an independent body. Given what is at stake, the group chain Warner Bros. Discovery has authorized its rivals to broadcast the debate simultaneously, with the CNN logo and without outside commentary.
¿What impact?
Unavoidable quote from an American presidential campaign, The debate is expected to be widely followed and reach audience records, such as the duel between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, with 84 million viewers, or the 73 million of the first debate between Biden and Trump in 2020.
ANDIt is the first time that the debate has been organized so soon, more than four months before the election. The candidates have not yet been officially nominated by their respective parties. “The risk is that the American public won’t pay much attention to current affairs over the summer,” says Kathleen Hall Jamieson.
“In general, presidential debates do not affect enough votes to decide the outcome of an election. But when an election is close, as this one may be, they play An important paper”, he adds. On September 10 there will be a second debate on the ABC network, two months before the scrutiny.
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The presidential debate, which begins this Thursday at 8:00 p.m., Colombia time, You can watch it live on the websites of CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español. You can also access the debate through the streaming platform at Max for subscribers. In the US it will be broadcast on television news networks.
con information from AFP*
