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The Trump-Harris debate highlights a growing concern: debate moderators not maintaining impartiality.
Journalism’s core principles—objectivity, fairness, and balance—demand that moderators serve as neutral facilitators, allowing the candidates to engage directly with one another and the issues.
In the Trump-Harris debate, many saw potential bias through selective fact-checking and imbalanced scrutiny from the ABC News moderators. This skews the public’s understanding of the candidates, as it appeared that moderators were on Harris’s side. For journalism to maintain public trust, debate moderators must focus on creating a level playing field where voters can make informed decisions.
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Greg C. Truax is president of GCTMediaGroup, a film production studio, online magazine publisher, radio commentator, and creator of written and broadcast opinion commentary.