Want to check that fact? For VP debate viewers, just scan the code

CBS is experimenting with a novel way to offer real-time fact-checking of the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday. Just don’t expect the moderators to frequently jump in.

Posted Monday, September 30, 2024 11:37 am

Michael M. Grynbaum and John Koblin | The New York Times

The journalistic dilemma of how to fact-check national candidates on the debate stage has cropped up again and again in the 2024 election.

Should CNN’s moderators — who were relatively passive when President Biden debated former President Donald J. Trump in June — have been quicker to interject? Should ABC’s moderators — who politely but firmly clarified several of Mr. Trump’s outlandish claims at the second debate on Sept. 10 — have stayed quiet?

Moderation is an art, not a science. But CBS News, host of Tuesday’s vice-presidential matchup between Senator JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz, is using technology to try something new.

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Want to check that fact? For VP debate viewers, just scan the code

CBS is experimenting with a novel way to offer real-time fact-checking of the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday. Just don’t expect the moderators to frequently jump in.

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