Popcorn time

By the time the debates actually start tonight, virtually every scenario involving advantage to one campaign or the other will have been thoroughly covered from multiple viewpoints.  The actual words coming out of the candidates' mouths will be irrelevant to the pundits, most of whom will have decided ahead of time who won.  Unless Lester Holt has been on Mars for the last couple of weeks he will know he will be pilloried by Dems if he doesn't fact checks the blizzard of lies unleashed by Trump and called a partisan (despite his republican registration) if he does.  Either way, he is going to take a lot of flak.  My own suggestion would be an independent fact checker either candidate can appeal to in real time to verify statements made by his/her opponent.