Debate Moderators to Debate Audiences: SILENCE!
Presidential debates without studio audiences \u2026 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon \u2026 1976 between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford \u2026 And now, 2024 \u2026\nWhich means -- before the upcoming CNN debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, you won't hear anything like what moderator Jim Lehrer told the audience on October 3 , 2000 \u2026 before the debate between Al Gore and George W. Bush:\n \nI'm going to sit here and ask questions for 90 minutes.\nAnd you all are going to remain absolutely silent for 90 minutes.\n \nOne exciting feature of presidential debates used to be: watching debate moderators give the audience instructions on how to behave. Instructions based on a simple yet stern premise: be quiet.\nIf you're going to miss hearing presidential debate moderators tell presidential debate audiences to pipe down, then the latest episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly" is just the thing for you. A heart-warming nostalgic stroll down memory lane, remembering all the ways moderators used to tell audiences: keep your mouths shut.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices