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Lisa Sylvester: Behind the Scenes of the Shapiro–Garrity Debate
What happens in the ten minutes before a political debate goes live? Apparently, a lot of frantic note-taking.
WPXI anchor Lisa Sylvester joins Brian Carothers the day after co-moderating Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial debate between Josh Shapiro and Stacy Garrity. She takes us inside the studio: the rehearsals, negotiated rules, questions that never made it to air, and why there was no time-limit bell.
They also revisit the Oz–Fetterman debate, discuss Shapiro’s potential presidential ambitions, campaign money, and how moderators give voters a fair look at both candidates.
Then it’s back to…
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