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CMV: there should be real-time, third-party fact-checking broadcast on-screen for major statements made during nationally broadcast debates.

I'm using the US elections as my context but this doesn't just have to apply in the US. In the 2016 election cycle and again now in the 2020 debates, a lot of debate time is spent disagreeing over objective statements of fact. For example, in the October 7 VP debate, there were several times where VP Pence stated that VP Biden plans to raise taxes on all Americans and Sen. Harris stated that this is not true.

Change my view that the debates will better serve their purpose if the precious time that the candidates have does not have to devolve into "that's not true"s and "no they don't"s.

I understand that the debates will likely move on before fact checkers can assess individual statements, so here is my idea for one possible implementation: a quote held on-screen for no more than 30 seconds, verified as true, false, or inconclusive. There would also be a tracker by each candidate showing how many claims have been tested and how many have been factual. 

I understand that a lot of debate comes in the interpretations of fact; that is not what I mean by fact-checking. My focus is on binary statements like "climate change is influenced by humans" and "President Trump pays millions of dollars in taxes."
gpt
Real time? 

That would become to messy. Why if a statement has 3 false claims and 4 truthful claims?

What if the claim is partially correct?

Not everything is black and white. Who does the fact checking party use as their sources? 


What constitutes as a “major” statement?

What if both parties do not agree with that third party being the fact checkers?


How about people just take their due diligence to find out the truth?