evidence: At the start of the debate, CNN’s Jake Tapper described how he and co-moderator Dana Bash would be approaching their roles: "Our job is to facilitate a debate between the two candidates tonight," he said. [...] Heading into the debate, CNN political director David Chalian told AP that fact-checking wasn’t the role of the moderators. [...] The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) spent weeks advocating for the pool to be allowed into the CNN studio where the debate is happening. CNN and the campaigns agreed to allow still photographers in. But as for the rest of the pool, CNN ultimately decided to only permit a single print reporter to enter "during a commercial break to briefly observe the setting," the WHCA said in a statement.