Debate Organizers Say They Will Make Format Changes Before Next Debate

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A broadcast of the first debate between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is played on TVs at The Abbey in West Hollywood, Calif.





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The next debate, on Oct. 15, will be hosted by C-SPAN anchor Steve Scully. Currently, that debate is set up as a town hall format, in which both candidates will answer questions from voters in the audience.

Facing voters may make it more difficult for the candidates to steam roll through questions and answers.

«Wallace needed, at the very least, a mute button, wrote Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan. «Maybe something stronger. A penalty box? A stun gun? Failing some radical reform in the debate format, there’s no reason for the next two debates to take place as scheduled on Oct. 15 and 22.

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