these days old onion articles are prophecy and new onion articles cant even give me a raised eyebrow.

this is/does both.

the session at times degenerated into name-calling, fearmongering and outright lying. The two candidates traded insults, incited anti-China sentiment, differed over women’s rights and whether the country is facing an invasion by hordes of violent, pet-eating criminal immigrants, and agreed on backing the genocidal regime in Israel. There was little articulation by either candidate of a coherent vision for the country.

That's exactly how the world saw this, spot on mate 😂 I think they need to look up the definition of "debate"

Point of order, Kamala didn't "lead" anything, she was chosen by party insiders of the clinton wing to take over.

Also Aljazeera has always been highly critical of the US, I started reading them fairly regularly in the mid 2000's as they were one of the only outlets criticizing Bush. (I don't think the intercept existed yet.)

The debate is literally an agreement between Donald trump and kamala Harris. There is no neutral debate commission involved. This doesn't really make sense.

Those candidates are free to have their own debate if they think they can convince someone to put them on TV.

Edit: Also is Jill Stein a "moderate"?

Here's the thing: Al-jazeera has always had turns of phrase like this, but they've been sprinkled in their pieces to remind and reassure us there are smart people writing who get it. But the name and their focus can tend to be off-putting so they're ignored by wary whiteys with simpler reading tastes. Ohai.

With this one, you know they wrote the hell out of it. This viral bit of prose could be them reminding us they're still relevant. I know I needed that reminder , and I hope they'll be gentle if they ever realize Canada exists.