Fox GOP debate shows need to reform presidential debates | Eastern NC Now

The Fox News Republican Presidential debate once again showed how the format of what are now called "debates" need to be changed back to real debates.  Moderators from big media steer debates to their own agendas rather than the issues important to candidates or voters.  They also spin questions to favor or disfavor specific candidates.  Moderators should only keep order, not inject their own agendas into debates.  Debates should be about the candidates and their issues, not the preening moderators and their egos and agendas.

A glaring example that has received quite a bit of comment was how the Fox moderators downplayed the immigration issue, which is a top issue for GOP voters and candidates.  They harped on January 6 but ignored what the GOP base is concerned with, election integrity..  They tried to push the candidates into the globalist narrative position on climate, which multiple candidates, to their credit pushed back on.

The more liberal networks would be even worse in their spin and skewing.

The best solution is to use the format of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the gold standard of American political debates.  There each candidate composed an equal number of questions to be asked.  The media did not get to inject themselves into policy issues.

The RNC should never have allowed this type of debate, because they should not be setting precedents for what will be allowed in general election debates.  The media-controlled general election presidential "debates" have been controlled by big media moderators hostile to Republicans, and that should never be allowed again.

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/fox-news-moderators-ignored-immigration-questions-during-1st-hour-of-republican-debate/