Pop Up Politics

Live debates are a terrible way to vet a president, but it's a tradition we appear to be stuck with. One way to improve them, and political speeches generally, would be a more integrated method of fact checking, perhaps along the lines of VH1's Pop Up Video format. In addition to the videos, a website with verifiable fact checking sources would be required for true credibility. There should be more than facts, though, as keeping it entertaining through humor will help more people stay engaged. I believe this is the driving force behind why Daily Show viewers have hisotrically had a high level of news knowledge: because they watch consistently. The popularity of that (I submitted the suggestion to them in 2008 and again in 2012, but never received a response) or a similar program would help offset diminished interest stemming from the fact that the political events would have already aired and they'd have the resources to achieve a rapid turnaround time.