slo’s BONUS FRIDAY 6/28 poll - Last Nights Presidential Debate

[Smugpugmug]

I did and afterwards I became low key depressed because really, THESE are our choices? Kind of thankful I'll be in Japan around election time so I'll miss the media circus afterwards.

 

[MIGrandma]

DH watched it. I stopped watching after about 10-minutes.

 

[The Mayor]

My wife and I watched the whole debate. It didn't change who I was voting for but my wife did change her decision.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I DVR'd and tried to watch it this morning, but I only made it about 1/2 an hour in before I was too sad to watch any more.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Watched the whole thing and some of the commentary afterwards. It was hard to watch.

 

[leahgoogle]

I watched the entire debate and some commentary after. It does not change who I am voting for. I am left wondering how these are our only choices for President, however.

 

[georgina]

I voted watched the first 1/4, but m not sure I made it that far. It was just sad.

 

[lovin'fl]

I watched, with second hand embarrassment. It went how I expected. Didn't plan on watching but staying at my mom's and she wanted to watch it.

 

[Minnesota!]

I did not watch. It did not sit well with me that there was no audience or even reporters allowed in the room for the first time ever as well as a two minute delay and microphones being shut off. That does not feel like freedom of speech to me or sound like a legitimate debate so I chose not to watch.

Check your sources - there was no delay.

I watched it. It was painful. Doesn't change who I am voting for.

Come on, 2028!!

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I watched it all here in New Jersey. Cringeworthy, but I know who I'm NOT voting for so it made no difference.

 

[mumto3girls]

I did not watch. We are away with my daughter’s team at a tournament. There are 35 of us sharing an enormous house and although most of us agreed that we should not watch it as we all really like each other and want to keep it that way, someone did turn it on. She watched most of it. A few watched off and on, but most of us congregated outside around the pool. I asked middle DD to DVR it for me but I won’t be home for over a week. By then I might have seen it all on social media.

 

[Praying Colonel]

We are Canadian. My husband watched it upstairs.

I didn’t watch the actual debate, but flipped around after it was over and watched the highlights from different news outlets to get their take on what went down and their perception on how they both did.

Canadian too and watched it all.

British but currently on holiday in Spain.

Didn't watch it, wrong time zone, but read the newspaper reports today.
It is very important to us, "leader of the free world" and so on, definitely following along.

Avoiding the UK election circus having completed our postal votes before we came away.

On the other hand we are finding the French elections really interesting. We could be witnessing a paradigm shift in EU politics.

ford family

https://twitter.com/x/status/1806499060494332102

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

I watched half of it.
It was painful.
Trump didn't answer any question he was asked and was his usual loud off the wall self...
And people say Biden "lost his train of thought" but that's not what I witnessed at all. He speaks quietly probably because that's just his voice and at least he stayed on topic.
Personally I rather not see either of them be the next president.

 

[Lumpy1106]

That was rough - I actually listened to it as I drove. I prefer listening to the debates - I don't need the theatrics.

 

[CynBeth]

I have never watched a debate have no interest. I always know who I am voting for.

 

[AlohaNow]

We watched soccer and Family Guy instead. Then tuned in for a bit of the post-debate reaction. These 'debates' are just for soundbites for the next news cycle. We all clearly know who both of these candidates are, as well as their positions on issues. We knew we could tune in as soon as it ended and see the 'highlights', which were incredibly painful to watch. And then of course the news cycle continued this morning. So we don't feel the need to watch the entire thing.

 

[HeatherC]

Sorry, but this just tells me you don't understand "Freedom of Speech".

Sorry! Posted before I had coffee this morning.. That was a poor choice of words. I know what freedom of speech means.

I guess I meant more that I was not maybe “comfortable” when I heard they weren’t allowing any reporters for the first time ever along with the possibility of a two minute delay because in my mind that kind of opens the door to the “possibility” of “editing” what someone said before the public (all of us) hears it if that makes sense.

At any rate, when I heard they were making all these changes for reasons I didn’t think were valid or necessary I decided not to watch. Apparently it was a disaster anyway so I guess I made the right choice.

 

[Dan Murphy]

along with the possibility of a two minute delay because in my mind that kind of opens the door to the “possibility” of “editing” what someone said before the public (all of us) hears it if that makes sense.

No 2 minute delay.

 

[sam_gordon]

Sorry! Posted before I had coffee this morning.. That was a poor choice of words. I know what freedom of speech means.

I guess I meant more that I was not maybe “comfortable” when I heard they weren’t allowing any reporters for the first time ever along with the possibility of a two minute delay because in my mind that kind of opens the door to the “possibility” of “editing” what someone said before the public (all of us) hears it if that makes sense.

At any rate, when I heard they were making all these changes for reasons I didn’t think were valid or necessary I decided not to watch. Apparently it was a disaster anyway so I guess I made the right choice.

I understand your point, but think it's too paranoid. Broadcast delays have been in radio and TV for years, and are pretty obvious if used (for editing).

As I understand it, reporters were in a nearby room watching a closed circuit feed, and the feed was going directly to Fox and NewsNation. SOMEONE would have noticed if the 2 minute delay was used to cover up what someone said.

Let's also remember, nothing is truly "live" anymore, especially when it comes to television. There's at least a 7 second delay, IF you're watching your local news via an antenna.

That delay can reach 30 sec-minutes if you're watching a stream, or something originating from a network.

 

[HeatherC]

I understand your point, but think it's too paranoid. Broadcast delays have been in radio and TV for years, and are pretty obvious if used (for editing).

As I understand it, reporters were in a nearby room watching a closed circuit feed, and the feed was going directly to Fox and NewsNation. SOMEONE would have noticed if the 2 minute delay was used to cover up what someone said.

Let's also remember, nothing is truly "live" anymore, especially when it comes to television. There's at least a 7 second delay, IF you're watching your local news via an antenna.

That delay can reach 30 sec-minutes if you're watching a stream, or something originating from a network.

I get what you’re what saying. And I am seriously not one of those paranoid conspiracy theorists. I am truly one of the most practical minded people you could meet. But there has always been a 7 second delay…not two full minutes like they were talking about prior to it. There has also always been reporters and usually an audience allowed. I see no reason they had to change to change that. People already don’t trust the government or the media and doing things like this especially for a Presidential debate just adds fuel to the fire to add to add that mistrust. If anything, it should be as open as possible to alleviate any doubts on both sides due to all the mistrust on both sides.