I notice Fox is floating a possibility for after the 9/10 date. I believe Harris should stand firm that the next debate is the one previously agreed to under the terms previously agreed to and if and only if that goes through, then consider another one. They are probably hedging that if she does then Trump will refuse those terms, and then they can say to their viewers “hey we tried”.
I don’t think he would ever consider that he ever “lost”, no matter how bad it turns out. He’ll pat himself on the back with his tiny little hands and gloat about what a “Uge Win” it was. Best Win ever. A Perfect Win! Nobody’s ever seen a Win like it before.
ABC has announced that there will be a 9/10 debate, as was originally scheduled.
DJT in his news conference today said that he has proposed 3 debates on 3 different networks. Doubtful if he had done anything of the sort before today.
I started a new thread on this as it is not a controversy as such. The mods can close this thread or do what they want.
I think Trump really needs those debates to keep himself in front of the voters. Since the assassination attempt he can’t do any more rallies on the cheap and Secret Service approved venues want money up front.
Nm, wrong thread.
Is it settled that there is only going to be the one debate?
Not sure much is completely settled, given a month, and given Trump.
This says only one debate so far but continuing discussions. Harris should stick to one debate for now IMHO.
Harris had not committed to further debates on NBC or Fox, but told reporters: “I am happy to have that conversation about an additional debate, or after September 10, for sure.”
More than 51 million people tuned in to watch the first presidential debate between Trump and Biden in June. Biden’s faltering performance at the event marked the beginning of the end of his campaign. Over the next month, Trump survived an assassination attempt, Biden stepped down and Harris became the Democratic candidate, launching a campaign that is quickly gaining momentum.
Holy schlamoly some leader said something I wanted them to say? I got to go lie down.
That will buy a lot of comic books!
God damn…another textbook definition of failing up. I don’t know D&D well, but he rolled whatever the max is on the “lucky” column.
What I’m seeing on Law Twitter is that ABC had every likelihood of prevailing on the merits of this case.
They decided instead to comply in advance and suck up to Trump.
The billionaire class will happily lead us all into fascism in order to protect their bottom line, and they wonder why people celebrate when CEOs get shot.
The Politico headline as of 8:30 PM EST:
ABC and Stephanopoulos to pay Trump $15M, apologize in defamation suit settlement
Notice that the above headline, while substantially accurate, is not literally true — the money is going to the library foundation.
The news is the first draft of history. Good journalists make mistakes. I fear the effect of this settlement will be to make journalists so hyper-careful that a lot of news will never come out.
Agree. Every journalist has to now be hyper conscious not just with the veracity of the content but the words how it is put in. Sad to see ABC have to apologise and pay 16M to Trump (technicaly to the Trump library).
I feel it’s basically kissing the ring. Bezos, Zuckerberg, Sam Altman all basically kissed Trump’s ring.
Sad to see all of them roll over.