10-29-2015, 07:18 PM
It looks like Trump wasn't lying about the debate time negotiation, but neither was the moderator who challenged him on it.
How to break this disagreement? By going to the fossil record. Here’s a Sept. 30 press release from CNBC announcing the terms of the debate. The money line comes in the middle of the release: “Those candidates will take the stage at 8PM ET for two hours of debate.”
Bold text added for a reason: Cable news press releases are careful with their language. “Two hours of debate” was CNBC’s way of saying that the actual debate time — that is, the time that the candidates spent chatting onstage — was to be two hours, meaning that commercial breaks and other nonsense would be in addition to that allotment. Pressure from Trump and fellow candidate Dr. Ben Carson reportedly succeeded in pushing CNBC back on that plan. But they were arguing over about 10-15 minutes, in all. An CNBC spokesperson confirmed the initial plan was for 2 hours of debate time plus 14 minutes of commercial time. Republican National Committee Communications Director Sean Spicer confirmed in mid-October that the discussion centered on “[t]wo hours of debate time versus two hours total.” Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/eri...bc-debate/
Some of the bold claims, allegations, and denials tossed out by the candidates last night were fact checked. Rubio was the only one whose reviewed claims were rated 'truth'. Source: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...bc-debate/
How to break this disagreement? By going to the fossil record. Here’s a Sept. 30 press release from CNBC announcing the terms of the debate. The money line comes in the middle of the release: “Those candidates will take the stage at 8PM ET for two hours of debate.”
Bold text added for a reason: Cable news press releases are careful with their language. “Two hours of debate” was CNBC’s way of saying that the actual debate time — that is, the time that the candidates spent chatting onstage — was to be two hours, meaning that commercial breaks and other nonsense would be in addition to that allotment. Pressure from Trump and fellow candidate Dr. Ben Carson reportedly succeeded in pushing CNBC back on that plan. But they were arguing over about 10-15 minutes, in all. An CNBC spokesperson confirmed the initial plan was for 2 hours of debate time plus 14 minutes of commercial time. Republican National Committee Communications Director Sean Spicer confirmed in mid-October that the discussion centered on “[t]wo hours of debate time versus two hours total.” Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/eri...bc-debate/
Some of the bold claims, allegations, and denials tossed out by the candidates last night were fact checked. Rubio was the only one whose reviewed claims were rated 'truth'. Source: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/...bc-debate/