Why do we even need moderators for debates? Who the hell wants to hear them anyway? Flip a coin to see who speaks first. Turn that candidate’s microphone on for 2 minutes. At the end of that time, turn it off and turn on the other candidate’s mic for 2 minutes. Rinse and repeat for 90 minutes (or whatever time is agreed upon). Candidates can use their speaking time to talk about whatever they want, can question their opponent, whatever; no rules about what they can or can’t talk about.
There would be no question about bias in that format and you’d probably see candidates have more actual dialog with each othervabout issues rather than just trying to score soundbite moments.
That is about the stupidest post I have ever read. The moderators are there to ask the candidates questions and the candidates answer and reply to the questions.