Just add it to Zeno’s collection of paradoxes. Just as a runner has an infinite number of halfway points in his path so cannot therefore be said to ever reach the finishing line, so the TV election debates must have an infinite number of diminishing returns such that there can never be none. This at least must provide some reassurance for the broadcasters who can console themselves with the knowledge there must be at least one person somewhere who finds the debate worthwhile. It just doesn’t feel that way. The apathy and indifference is stifling.
But for reasons best known to themselves, the TV channels cannot get enough of the debates. Even when there’s wall-to-wall football on at the same time. When Netflix, Amazon and Apple are pumping out more new series than anyone can watch. So you can’t help wondering who these debates are actually for. Other than to make the TV execs and the anchors feel important. All hoping for that one gotcha! moment that could change the election. The gotcha! moment that never comes.
