🎯Via Mark Jacob:
This is what it looks like when a news outlet thinks the job of a journalist is simply turning on the microphones.
Jay Rosen:
CBS News Says It Will Be Up To #JDVance And #Walz To Fact-Check Each Other. https://apnews.com/article/cbs-debate-vice-president-fact-check-7a3b31c98ab092dd44915df57a359d10
ABC showed it could be done. Now:
"CBS News is clearly indicating it wants to take a step back from the heat generated by calling attention to misleading statements by candidates." #debate
CBS News says it will be up to Vance and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate
When JD Vance and Tim Walz take the stage for next week's vice presidential debate, CBS News says it will be up to the candidates, not the moderators, to fact-check each other.DAVID BAUDER (AP News)