A GOP Presidential debate is being held on August 23, 2023. Debates in previous cycles have been labeled as uncivilized or unbecoming of America. For the resolution of this market, a review will be conducted on the morning of August 25 of all articles posted about the debate on August 24, 2023 on CNN.com, excluding "Live Updates during the debate" feeds.

This market resolves to NO if there are more articles that criticize multiple candidates, moderators, audience members, the debate hall, or others involved with producing the debate for uncivil behavior than there are articles praising these people for managing a substantive debate that helped audience members decide who to vote for.

Otherwise, if praise is the majority opinion, if there is equal weight on both sides, or if the debate is so conventional that nobody comments at all about its civility, this market resolves to YES.

The spirit of the question is targeted at the civility of the debate itself. Therefore, excessive personal attacks by a single candidate, which cause controversy over that candidate's actions and which don't degrade the conversation in general, are insufficient to label the debate in its entirety as "uncivilized."

The market resolves to N/A if the debate is cancelled or if CNN doesn't publish a single article about the topic on August 24.

RESOLUTION: A search of CNN.com was conducted and none of the articles posted on August 24 used the word "civil." Furthermore, there were no opinion pieces criticizing the debate for its lack of civility. The criteria state that a debate so conventional so as not to cause any criticism is civilized, and so this resolves to YES.

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