Jimmy Kimmel gets people to critique Hillary Clinton's debate performance a day before it happened

Jimmy Kimmel gets people to lie about Hillary Clinton&#039;s debate performance — (Image credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live)

On Monday, Jimmy Kimmel Live went out on Hollywood Boulevard to ask random pedestrians how Hillary Clinton did in the first Democratic debate. The debate, of course, was Tuesday night, as Kimmel pointed out on Tuesday's show. The excruciatingly awkward part of these "Lie Witness News" segments is not just that people lie on camera but that they do so with such specificity. While there were a lot of ill-informed pre-opinions, the best was clearly the woman who indignantly chastised Hillary Clinton for lying in the debate. "I think we have an all-time winner," Kimmel declared after that one. "I think we can stop doing this now." Please don't. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.