Krugman (not Ron) thinks face-to-face debates are kind of pointless. At least, in the setting which the video presented. Need some fact checkers, says he.
I think it was TMQ or Bill Simmons who said that all these televised debates should have people checking facts, so one wouldn't be able to (inaccurately) hype themselves up/blast others. I think the reference was to "Around the Horn" or "Pardon the Interruption", where arguments are revisited and mistakes are pointed out. Blowing things out of proportion, stretching the truth, I get how that's part of politics. Telling (blatant) lies to generate votes in your favor, however, is disgusting. If I ever run for a political position, I will hire plenty of fact checkers to correct other people and myself mid-debate. Anybody who doesn't want a fact checker during these sorts of things is a phony.
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