[riversflow]

If you don’t have fact checkers, a debate loses all its value. Debates must be grounded in fact to have any value at all. Otherwise a “debate” is just a series of campaign stump speeches.

[WalterBright]

The value in a debate is the candidates can directly address the opposition's claims.

[frankzinger]

Theoretically, yes, but when every second sentence is a lie it becomes impossible.

[riversflow]

They routinely do just that in campaign stump speeches.