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Trump lied and Biden got tongue tied at the first debate. So why is the world only focusing on one?
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Because in a televised debate, people only see performance. It's not like anyone fact-checked Trump, either. Biden tried and failed to meaningfully rebut him, and the moderators didn't even try.
There were moderators? The only people i noticed were 2 seriously overdressed stage hands that handled muting microphones. Other than that it was just Biden and Trump being total embarrassments.
That's what moderators are supposed to do. They aren't judges, or fact checkers. They are supposed to present the questions to the speakers, and manage time, and maybe on occasion ask a followup question. It's the speakers job to respond to questions and their counterpart(s) on stage.
Because we all knew trump would lie. That's not news. What we didn't know, is how far Biden has slipped since 2020.
You know, and I know, but for the low-information voter, you'd be surprised. To many low-information voters, they think Trump occasionally exaggerates because he's braggadocious, and they think Biden is a serial liar because he's an establishment politician.
It's a false equivalence, but his lies need to be pointed out and shown to be false. It's hard, because he Gish Gallops all over the stage, but it needs to be done. Trump needs to be shown as a blatant and malicious liar to the average person. It needs to be made clear that he thinks very little of his base's intelligence, and that he's taking them for a ride.
Low-info voters won't read the news and shun any media that doesn't come straight out of trump puckered anus lips. Why would the news target that demographic? Or a better way to put it: News that targeted that demographic with that messaging were unable to compete with other news organizations.