Biden Struggled, Trump Often Lied, CNN Didn't Fact-Check

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🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

President Biden fumbled in the CNN Presidential Debate, offering often rambling answers in a hoarse and quiet voice. Donald Trump, who also rambled, painted a characteristically dark vision of the country and repeatedly lied about his and Biden's records — which went largely unchallenged by CNN's moderators.

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0:28.0	John.
0:29.0	And we're missing the presidential debate tonight
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0:36.4	Eastern time on Thursday, June 27, 2024.
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0:51.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast I'm Ashley Lopez I cover
0:55.8	voting I'm Stephen Fowler I cover the campaign and I'm Mara Liasin's senior
1:00.8	national political correspondent.
1:02.8	The CNN presidential debate has now concluded.
1:05.8	You can hear Stephen in the spin room with his ambient noise back there.
1:09.4	And I want to go ahead and talk about what stood out to both of you.
1:13.6	Mara, let's start with you though.
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