/——/ Let the candidates debate in a free form, not by arbitrary rules from some Trump hating moderator./—-/ libtards love to stifle free speech.These guidelines make sense, given the prevalence of people misusing the term "riot" to refer to people who are just protesting. Rioting involves violence, deliberate property damage, looting, etc. Protest does not. Using the term "riot" in regard to a situation in which, for example, 500 people walk down the street carrying signs and chanting, and five of them indulge in criminal activity, is an illegitimate use of the term for misleading propaganda purposes. Journalists should not be sucked into this.
We are talking about journalists covering an event. This has nothing whatsoever to do with "free speech." Reporters have a duty to report in a neutral manner and not use politically "loaded" terms. A reporter can say something like, "I'm at 16th and Maple, and there is a store burning in the middle of the block. Firefighters are working to put the blaze out and police are looking for a man in a blue t-shirt, black shorts, and a bike helmet," and then interview bystanders, who give the quotes. Your "libtards" comment is ignorant. The rules are designed to maintain neutrality. You are demanding that reporters take political stands and further propaganda. It doesn't work that way.