Jonah Goldberg: Presidential debates generally don’t matter. This Biden-Trump face-off could be different
I’ve changed my mind: This week’s presidential debate matters.
Before I continue, a quick recap: Last month, I expressed my long-standing view that presidential debates aren’t very meaningful and are very stupid. They are pseudo-events, the historian Daniel J. Boorstin’s term for manufactured media spectacles that feel significant because we imbue them with significance.
My opinion on this as a historical matter is unchanged. Even debate lovers concede that John F. Kennedy won the first presidential debate in
