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>>> WOULD
>>> WOULD YOU SHUT UP, MAN? THIS IS SO --
>> NOTHING SMART ABOUT --
>> WHEN YOU LOOK ONLINE, IT IS
SO CLEAR.
SO CLEAR.
SO CLEAR. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE JUST FLAT
OUT DISAPPOINTED IN HOW
CONTENTIOUS LAST NIGHT'S
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WAS.
PEOPLE ON THE 11ALIVE FACEBOOK
PAGE SHARING THEIR SHOTS.
DEE WAS APPALLED, SHE SAYS
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND VICE
PRESIDENT BIDEN ACTED LIKE
KIDS IN THE SCHOOL YARD, AND
SHE IS ASHAMED OF THE WHOLE
MESS.
MESS.
MESS. MANY PEOPLE SAID THEY WISH THE
MODERATOR COULD MUTE THEIR
MICS.
MICS.
MICS. BUT
MICS. BUT KANE SAYS YOU SHOULDN'T
HAVE TO MUTE TWO GROWN MEN
RUNNING TO REPRESENT OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE GO FROM
HERE, CHERYL AND I SAT DOWN
WITH SOMEONE WHO KNOWS A LOT
ABOUT DEBATES.
ABOUT DEBATES. >> TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE
WANTED TO BRING IN SOMEONE WHO
KNOWS A LOT ABOUT HOW DEBATES
ARE SUPPOSED TO GO.
LEE IS THE
THE ALVIN BARKLEY FORUM FOR
DEBATE DELIBERATION AND
DIALOGUE, WHICH HOUSES EMORY'S
NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED DEBATE
TEAM.
TEAM.
TEAM. WE
TEAM. WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOUR
INSIGHT.
INSIGHT.
INSIGHT. LET'S LOOK FORWARD FIRST, THEN
WE'LL GO BACK AND REVIEW THE
GAME FILM.
GAME FILM. WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO
HAPPEN FOR THE NEXT DEBATE, SO
WE DON'T HAVE A REPEAT OF WHAT
WE JUST SAW?
>> THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT
WE COULD DO TO CHANGE THE
DYNAMIC.
DYNAMIC.
DYNAMIC. COMMUNICATION PATTERNS ARE NOT
HARDWIRED, IF YOU CHANGE SOME
OF THE VARIABLES, IT HAS THE
ABILITY TO IMPACT THE WAY IN
WHICH PEOPLE PERFORM AND
ENGAGE WITH OTHER HUMANS IN A
COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE.
COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE. ONE THING WE COULD DO IS
REALLY PLACING AN EMPHASIS ON
THE TOWN HALL FORMAT WHERE
THERE ARE AVERAGE EVERYDAY
CITIZENS, MAYBE VOTERS WHO ARE
UNDECIDED, WHO ARE ASKING
QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN POINT TO
VARIOUS PLACES AND TIMES IN
WHICH THAT SORT OF FORMAT HAS
SERVED TO MODERATE AND REDUCE
THE IRE THAT EXISTS AMONGST
THE CANDIDATES.
THE CANDIDATES. I THINK WHAT ONE OF YOUR
VIEWERS IDENTIFIED IS GIVING
THE MODERATOR OF THE CAPACITY
TO CUT OFF THE MIC, IF YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK,
YOUR MIC IS ONLY ON FOR TWO
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. A TECHNOLOGICAL FIX AND A VERY
EASY ONE TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
I THINK THERE ARE ALSO SOME
STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS THAT WE
HAVE WITH THE CURRENT DEBATE
FORMAT THAT WE HAVE, THERE'S
SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,
ASKING PEOPLE TO DISSEMINATE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. LET'S EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF
TIME WE GIVE PEOPLE TO SPEAK,
SO THERE'S NOT SO MUCH
PRESSURE TO CHIME IN AT EVERY
MOMENT THAT THEY HAVE.
THOSE ARE THREE SETS OF
SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, THAT
I HAVE FOR WHAT WE CAN DO, AND
I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY
OTHERS.
OTHERS.
OTHERS. >> BEYOND THE INTERRUPTIONS
AND THE DOWNRIGHT ATTACKS,
WHAT WAS YOUR NUMBER 1 TAKE
AWAY FROM LAST NIGHT?
I KNOW WHAT WE ARE SEEING
ONLINE, BUT WE WANT TO HEAR
FROM YOU ON THAT ONE.
>> MY NUMBER 1 TAKE AWAY FROM
THIS, AND I THINK ABOUT THIS
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A
DEBATE COACH, FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE WHO IS
TRYING TO PREPARE THE
CANDIDATES FOR GOING INTO ONE
OF THE MORE IMPORTANT
COMPONENTS OF THIS ELEC
PROCESS, JUST HOW UNPREPARED
IT FELT LIKE THEY WERE.
AND BOTH OF THEM, I KNOW THAT
IT WASN'T FROM THE LACK OF
PREPARATION, AND THIS WAS
REALLY ABOUT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF A PARTICULAR
STRATEGY.
STRATEGY.
STRATEGY. I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW LITTLE WE
TALKED ABOUT THE
AND HOW LITTLE AND LIMITED IN
CAPACITY AT FELT THAT JOE
BIDEN WAS IN TALKING ABOUT AN
ISSUE THAT WAS A CENTRAL
THEME.
THEME.
THEME. I
THEME. I WAS SHOCKED BY THE INABILITY
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP TO GO ONLY
ONE CYCLE IN NOT INTERRUPTING
AND MANAGING HIMSELF WITH A
SENSE OF DECORUM THAT YOU
COULD --
COULD --
COULD -- >> CHANGE FROM THE
CONVERSATION AROUND THE
SUPREME COURT, THE FIRST
QUESTION WHERE HE WAS SOMBER,
FOCUSED, HE WASN'T
INTERRUPTING TO THE WAY IN
WHICH THE REST OF THE DEBATE
OPERATED.
OPERATED.
OPERATED. I WAS SHOCKED AT THE INABILITY
OF BOTH OF THE CANDIDATES TO
ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN A WAY THAT
WAS ALLOWING THEM TO BE
WINNING DEBATERS.
WINNING DEBATERS. >> THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO
THAT CONVERSATION.
THAT CONVERSATION. YOU CAN FIND