If you simply wanted people to simply form their own conclusions, you'd have allowed the debate, and it's participants, to speak for themselves.

Instead of actually presenting the debate without bias, you went full Fox News, poisoning the well with a passive-aggressive description that, given your position, makes it clear who you think did what.

Further, this was a debate. Not a conversation. So if one perso. Wasn't ready for a conversation, that's because they understood what they were there to do.

But the best part though? You're clearly describing your own tactics, which I've demonstrated and pointed to with specificity, time and again.

Bottom line: if wanted people to watch with an open mind, you wouldn't have presented it the way you did.