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“Not A Normal Year”: CNN’s Biden-Trump Debate Puts Added Pressure On Moderators Jake Tapper And Dana Bash To Meet The Moment


The first 2024 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be unusual, and a challenge for CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.

Nearly a quarter century ago, during the 2000 Bush-Gore debates, the focus was on concepts like putting “lock boxes” around Social Security; now one of the central concerns is on the future of democracy. Jake Tapper and Dana Bash earlier this year at CNN’s Republican presidential primary debate Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images Via email, Marvin Kalb, part of the panel at the second 1984 presidential debate, wrote that his advice to the moderators would be to “stay cool, be prepared to be flexible on enforcing rules.

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