What’s the role of moderators in Presidential debates?

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Guests: Brian Stelter and Alexios Mantzarlis

Should we expect moderators and reporters to fact-check candidates during live interviews and debates? As we head into the Presidential debate season, we take a look back at lessons learned from the Commander-in-Chief forum, and we get insight into best practices. We’ll be joined by BRIAN STELTER, the senior media correspondent for CNN and the host of “Reliable Sources” and ALEXIOS MANTZARLIS, who leads Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network, where he writes about fact-checking, trains fact-checkers and organizes conferences on fact-checking.

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