Although this semi-regular feature typically deals with some unscrupulous narrative, the propaganda news media have been touting in recent days, it would be wise to use it as a prelude to a political debate next week.
The host network for the debate announced on Saturday that both President Biden and original President Trump had agreed to the terms of their participation, but the announcement also included an alarming ad: “[A]s in the past, the moderators will use all tools at their disposal to maintain timing and guarantee a civilised discussion…'”
The candidates ‘ microphones will already be muted during the opposing president’s time, preventing one another-related breaks. So, what another” equipment” will remain at the disposal of CNN’s terrible choice for editors, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, so that they might “enforce timing” and, more deviously, “ensure a civilised conversation”?
The administrators ask questions and give the individuals equal time to respond, as is expected to happen. Even with the new requirement that a device is turned down when it’s outside of a candidate’s allotted day, the basic strategy if n’t change. But that’s certainly not how this is going to function. By “enforce schedule” and “ensure a civilised discussion”, what CNN means is that Tapper, Bash, and the many producers in their neck pieces will slice off both Trump and Biden at their discretion, though for quickly various reasons.
Trump’s audio will be removed because of how clearly his plan ties into CNN and the media, just as it does to criticize Biden’s terrible presidency. Both of them merit it, but Tapper and Bash are in charge and wo n’t just beggars and accept it. The” tools at their disposal” in that event will be for the pair to drop Trump’s feed and insert their own niggling, irksome commentary about the former president veering “off topic” or failing to be” civilized”.
Biden, by contrast, will be saved by the mute. When you watch the 2020 presidential debates, it becomes clear that Trump’s frantic and frequent comments during Biden’s speeches hurt the former president. The more Biden is allowed to speak, the more unseemly his performance. Whether he’s musing about his dead son, his fabricated biography, or his indefensible record, he meanders each time into incoherence, leaving his audience as confounded as concerned. The purpose of cutting Biden’s mic will serve to mitigate that handicap.
As ever on the media’s turf, the deck is stacked against Trump. A live audience, invariably a Trump asset, wo n’t be present. There is no evidence to suggest that he insisted that there be no interruptions or “live fact checks” (aka unsolicited opinions ) by moderators, and CNN now essentially acknowledges it reserves the right to act up as they please.
The lie has n’t happened yet, but we already know what it is. It is stated that Tapper and CNN will make every effort to protect Biden and Trump, while also blatantly removing election interference as a genuine attempt to “enforce timing and ensure a civilized discussion.”
