The Commission on Presidential Debates, which has run them since 1988, last week announced initiatives with social media, academics, and media organizations to engage the American public in substantive conversations before, during and after this year’s debates. The first debate between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is scheduled for Monday at Hofstra University in New York. A single vice presidential debate, between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence, is set for Oct. 4.
I think in general we have become a information waste land. Too much information is not subject to verification or facts. But rather a agenda or opinion. Social media to me is not a good source of factual information. It may exist but it also will be full of opinions, rumors, and lies. Should you research a person through social media for such important political positions as President? Even news media has a very poor track record of facts vs propaganda. Even fact checking can be skewed. I am not sure our political process benefits from more noise from social media. I know from talking with my daughter in college that there is a significant amount of bad information spread through social media. People can be selective today on what they want to hear and read. It's a false sense of reality to not be provided factual information to decide on. But rather a pre determined narrative that you agree with. This does nothing to help make good political choices or any choices for that matter. If all you do is get information that reinforces what you already have. Then how can you ever be challenged on what is right and wrong?
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Social Networks Prep for Key Role in Presidential Debates
Posted by: Richard Adhikari September 23, 2016 02:30 PMThe Commission on Presidential Debates, which has run them since 1988, last week announced initiatives with social media, academics, and media organizations to engage the American public in substantive conversations before, during and after this year’s debates. The first debate between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is scheduled for Monday at Hofstra University in New York. A single vice presidential debate, between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Mike Pence, is set for Oct. 4.