Should moderators be allowed to fact-check the presidential nominees? Plus, the Ukraine-Russia information war.
On The Listening Post this week: Facts, fiction and the role of the moderator - the first US presidential debate. Plus, the information war in Ukraine and the dangers for journalists there.
Dissecting the first US presidential debate
With 80 million people watching the first debate, the focus wasn't just on the candidates, but also on the moderator and the wider media. Who would sort the facts from the fiction?
Contributors: Todd Graham, director of debate, Southern Illinois University; Alexios Mantzarlis, director and editor, The International Fact-Checking Network; Amanda Terkel, HuffPo senior political reporter; Kelly Riddell, deputy opinion editor, The Washington Times.
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