I was talking to a friend on Saturday and we decided that the public would be better served by political debates if there was some real-time fact checking.
I propose that we make them like VH1’s pop-up videos, where little bubbles pop up with fact checks on each statement the candidates make. We could tape the debates and release them about three hours later, after a non-partisan committee has written up the text for the bubbles and sprinkled them throughout the recording.
During a lull, the bubbles could say little funny, snide remarks like, “this is the 897th time that he’s said ‘my friends,'” or “please notice the panic ensuing as the teleprompter goes dark.”
The NY Times does a feature the day after each debate that fact checks cited stats. The T&G has been carrying it, which is useful. And it would be fun, too, if they did a Pop-Up Video thing with it!
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GREAT idea! I’d watch a debate twice for that!
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Yeah – the NYT is such a bastion of truth. :)(Please note that my snideness is directed entirely toward the NYT and entirely not at you, CW (Kelly’s sister?).I say we let Kelly write them. 🙂
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i used to LOVE pop up videos! I think more people would watch the debates if they were that entertaining! Great idea!
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