They should ask broad policy questions, and have every candidate answer the same question in random order. But of course that would mean the moderators wouldn’t be important. The agenda of the networks is to make news about themselves, hence the gotcha questions.
I was just telling hubbie same thing today. Pick 5 or 6 relative questions and give each 2 minutes. Moderators are just that. Moderate, don’t judge, don’t show bias.
These are not debates. Give us a real debate. Let us hear each ones ideas. They report, we decide. No “gotcha” crap.