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And for thoose wh brught up the Trump-Biden debate.
While I may not be entirely correct, my understanding of debate is that each party presents a factual argument, followed by rebuttals from both sides using evidence-based reasoning. During the debate between Trump and Biden, Biden struggled with recalling facts, while Trump frequently made false statements throughout the event. Now, in my understanding of debating, being able to lie frequently, forcefully, and with confidence is not offering a factual rebuttal. The capacity to deceive with assurance does not inherently reflect high cognitive aptitude.
In grading the debate, PolitiFact cited 15 lies by Trump, plus an additional claim they put in the pants on fire category, while finding 3 for Biden. The New York Times cited 20 false statements and 21 more that were inaccurate, lacking context or evidence for Trump, no false statements for Biden, and 11 that were inaccurate, lacking context or evidence. The Associated Press corrected Trump 11 times as compared to 4 for Biden. CNN cited 30 false statements for Trump and at least 9 for Biden. Each of these evaluations showed that Trump told many more lies, made many more misstatements, and said things that had absolutely no evidence supporting them, yet the debate was framed as a show of Bidens cognitive decline.
David Bauder, Fact checks were prevalent during and after the Biden-Trump debate — but not for real-time viewers, Fact checks were prevalent during and after the Biden-Trump debate — but not for real-time viewers
Trump made more than 30 false claims during CNN’s presidential debate — far more than Biden, https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/politics/fact-checking-the-cnn-presidential-debate/index.html
The 2024 campaign was a lot of people seeing what they wanted and not the truth.
While I may not be entirely correct, my understanding of debate is that each party presents a factual argument, followed by rebuttals from both sides using evidence-based reasoning. During the debate between Trump and Biden, Biden struggled with recalling facts, while Trump frequently made false statements throughout the event. Now, in my understanding of debating, being able to lie frequently, forcefully, and with confidence is not offering a factual rebuttal. The capacity to deceive with assurance does not inherently reflect high cognitive aptitude.
In grading the debate, PolitiFact cited 15 lies by Trump, plus an additional claim they put in the pants on fire category, while finding 3 for Biden. The New York Times cited 20 false statements and 21 more that were inaccurate, lacking context or evidence for Trump, no false statements for Biden, and 11 that were inaccurate, lacking context or evidence. The Associated Press corrected Trump 11 times as compared to 4 for Biden. CNN cited 30 false statements for Trump and at least 9 for Biden. Each of these evaluations showed that Trump told many more lies, made many more misstatements, and said things that had absolutely no evidence supporting them, yet the debate was framed as a show of Bidens cognitive decline.
David Bauder, Fact checks were prevalent during and after the Biden-Trump debate — but not for real-time viewers, Fact checks were prevalent during and after the Biden-Trump debate — but not for real-time viewers
Trump made more than 30 false claims during CNN’s presidential debate — far more than Biden, https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/politics/fact-checking-the-cnn-presidential-debate/index.html
The 2024 campaign was a lot of people seeing what they wanted and not the truth.
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