Chris Wallace: Debate Moderators Fail When They Become the Story

Chris Wallace reflects on his experience moderating presidential debates and shares advice from legendary moderator Jim Lehrer. Wallace explains why a debate moderator’s success hinges on staying in the background and allowing the candidates to take center stage, emphasizing that if the moderator becomes the story, they’ve failed.

[bavariancarenthusiast]

Yeah at that time there was a thing about dignity and honesty....

[steventhiel]

Exactly. But Chris Wallaxe u are a hack

[brianwelsh]

They didn't say that after you screwed stuff up they said the moderators the problem, that was journalistic malpractice!

[KC-rthp]

Sure. That's great when you have, hopefully, two sides willing to be co-equal before the people; explaining why they should be hired for the job.
That experiment falls apart though when one of the debaters is throwing their sh/t in every direction.

At that point somebody has to step in.

[aaronmorrison]

How about when you stopped information about the laptop from being said add a debate and you were election interference and you are a major problem is that what this interview's about?