presidential campaign politics – like rallies, town halls, fundraisers and arenas packed with convention delegates – scrapped because of the coronavirus pandemic, this fall's presidential debates likely will take on outsized importance.The debates – long a public service to provide voters a look at how the candidates match up on the issues and against each other – have also become prime-time media spectacles.RELATED: Democrats open a new kind of national conventionBut the debates are rarely without controversy – and this time around is no exception, as President Trump has unsuccessfully sought a fourth debatewith Democratic challenger Joe Biden for early September, before many states start sending out absentee ballots to.