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live love laugh

(16,383 posts) Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:08 PM Oct 2020

I thought the mikes were muted. He's interrupting more and more. nt

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I thought the mikes were muted. He's interrupting more and more. nt (Original Post) live love laugh Oct 2020 OP

For the nth time, NO. Claustrum Oct 2020 #1

Thanks I didn't know. live love laugh Oct 2020 #3

Sorry if I am a bit testy. Claustrum Oct 2020 #4

Only for the first two minutes of each question. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #2

Claustrum

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1. For the nth time, NO.

Reply to live love laugh (Original post)

Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:10 PM

Oct 2020

The agreement is each candidate get 2 uninterrupted minutes at the top of each segment. That's when the other is muted. Then you get a free-for-all debate where no one is muted until the next segment. It was never in the agreement that the moderator can mute anyone at her will.