A debate moderator is a person who guides and controls a discussion or argument between two or more people, making sure everyone gets a fair chance to speak and keeping the conversation on track. Full definition
It's one of the most divisive questions in American politics, and the query from debate moderator Martha Raddatz, asked near the end of the sole vice presidential debate, set the table for some of the night's most personal and poignant moments. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Newton Minow, the former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair who is a board member of the Commission on Presidential Debates, recently said that presidential debate moderators today have been facing more criticism than they did in years past. (fortune.com)
He became the most searched - for debate moderator on Google (goog). (fortune.com)