Review: For late-night hosts, a more muted presidential debate brings a more pointed response
by Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune
Oct 23, 2020
4 minutes
Americans who tuned in for the second and final 2020 presidential debate — "Trump-Biden II: This Time It's Audible" — got an earful.
And getting only one ear filled with noise, relatively speaking, was such a nice contrast from the cacophony of the first head-to-head battle between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden, back in late September.
Live again on all three major networks Thursday, late-night hosts had all they could do to A) keep from keeling over in shock at the semblance of civility and B) find jokes to tell about an event where new microphone rules and staff advice kept the president from
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