CHANGES NEEDED TO US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FORMAT: After the chaotic first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the organisers have said that they were planning to make changes to the format for the remaining two encounters. The Commission on Presidential Debates did not say what these corrections would be, but any change would be better than no change, considering the insults that were traded on Tuesday night. The free use of ‘clown’, ‘liar’ and ‘shut up’, apart from the constant interference from the opponent, meant that the debate was one of the low points of the presidential campaign. Questions are also being asked now on whether these debates serve any purpose at all.[COMMENT BY: Alex Abraham, Senior Associate Editor]
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