Because it's "easy" entertainment for the so called news people and commentators. You don't have to lift a finger, you don't have to do much research, you just talk nonsense and get paid for it.
I hate these so called "debates". The first question was 20 minutes long, sheesh. Take 5-7 big topics, go from left to right, each person gets 3 minutes to say whatever they want on the topic. Let's se if they can actually think and speak. The specific questions are ridiculous. NO moderators, all mics are off except the person speaking for 3 minutes.
I couldn’t hear half of it or even keep track of the questions, with people talking over each other and going on about stuff that had nothing to do with the question.
It looked like a ‘My dick is bigger’ fest, not anything serious or respectful of the public who invested so much time watching it.