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Commission Bans Moderators From Wearing Earpieces During Presidential Debates (but not candidates)
Daily Caller ^ | 5:40 AM 09/18/2016 | Kaitlan Collins

Posted on 09/18/2016 5:34:15 AM PDT by Dave346

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61 posted on 09/18/2016 6:53:45 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: Dutch Boy

The only problem is that I think the law makes it illegal to jam lawful communications. I’d hate to have Obama’s FCC starting an investigation as that will take news time away from Trump.

Now if the communications are being transmitted the clear, I think you may be able to rebroadcast them. Imagine during the debate the Trump campaign tweets out a link to Hillary’s ear piece feed. Allowing everyone to hear what Hillary is being fed.


62 posted on 09/18/2016 6:58:08 AM PDT by Crolis ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
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To: Paine in the Neck

I wouldn’t change the earpiece. Let her keep it. I would change the debate rules and force the earpiece to be useless.

Trump has an advantage. Hillary is corrupt and the MSM is complicit. Change the rules right on stage. Mods can only pick the topic and keep time and Trump and Hillary can debate the topic in a Q and A.


63 posted on 09/18/2016 7:02:40 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump will win New York.)
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To: Dave346

That makes no sense at all. The earpieces are the way the technical director tells the moderator how much time is left and, if there’s any commercial interruptions or videos, the earpieces cue the moderator to begin talking again.

Granted, they should not be used to interject political talking points.


64 posted on 09/18/2016 7:14:22 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (With what can already be proved, how can you trust Hillary as POTUS?)
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To: Dave346

What is the point of having a true debate if one candidate is not answering the question. She obviously is getting her answers from someone else. Trump should ask her who is in her head, who is coaching her. He could make it multiple choice even. This will not be a debate if she is allowed to have the ear piece. Just a scripted, corrupted, fiasco that the under educated, uninformed American voter will buy into. The Democrats are becoming more and more of a joke, and the people who voted for Obama the second time and are voting for more corruption this time are to blame. Unless the last election was a total fraud, well then, we are just kinda screwed then, aren’t we. Cuz history will repeat itself!


65 posted on 09/18/2016 7:20:00 AM PDT by conservative_cyclist (I want my parents country back!)
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To: Crolis

That works too.

I would just have loved to see her reaction to a very loud burst of feedback from a hidden earpiece on live TV.


66 posted on 09/18/2016 7:46:03 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Crolis

Now —THAT’S— a —great— idea!

Better than jamming.


67 posted on 09/18/2016 7:48:48 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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I’ll be Trump against the moderators and the psycho-wench.


68 posted on 09/18/2016 7:54:32 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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It’ll


69 posted on 09/18/2016 7:55:06 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Best way to do it is to go over to the moderator and ask him to check Trump’s ear for an earpiece. Great theater.

Guess who will have to follow suit? And even if she doesn’t have one, it will rattle her and bring up the question if she had one before.


70 posted on 09/18/2016 11:51:34 AM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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