ABC News anchor Linsey Davis, who acted as a moderator during the September 10 presidential debate, revealed the reason she felt compelled to fact-check the former president.
Davis sat with the Los Angeles Times following the debate, where she explained that CNN’s debate between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden crafted her desire to hold Trump accountable.
“Davis, wearing pink glasses while speaking to The Times over breakfast at the Ritz Carlton in Philadelphia, said the decision to attempt to correct the candidates was in response to the June 27 CNN debate between Trump and President Biden, whose poor performance led to his exit from the race,” the article read. “‘People were concerned that statements were allowed to just hang and not [be] disputed by the candidate Biden, at the time, or the moderators,’ Davis said.”
Davis and David Muir, the other moderator, studied “each candidate’s body of work ahead of time” so they would be able to fact-check in real-time, though it appears that they missed a significant number of lies and misinformation from Vice President Kamala Harris. This includes her using a debunked Charlottesville conspiracy, Project 2025, and IVF claims.
Trump tells Fox & Friends: ABC should have its license as a news organization ‘taken away’ https://t.co/vDY4bFMCXM via @BIZPACReview
— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) September 11, 2024
Accusations that ABC News essentially fed Harris questions that were almost identical to those asked during the debate were quick to surface. It was reported that a whistleblower was preparing to release an affidavit to that effect, which allegedly also included the claim that the Harris campaign was given assurances that she would not be fact-checked, while Trump was.
ABC whistleblower ready to come forward, say Kamala given debate questions: report https://t.co/LNpH03aqEQ via @BIZPACReview
— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) September 13, 2024
ABC News eventually gave a statement to the Daily Beast denying these allegations.
“Absolutely not,” a spokesperson said. “Harris was not given any questions before the debate.”
X users had plenty to say:
Yeah, and what is the reason for no fact checking on Kamala?
Fox News Knows pic.twitter.com/aUOA72YEzH
— χ (@ihvh) September 13, 2024
But left Harris alone. Golly gee that’s fair reporting
— The Duce (@oompaloompaduce) September 13, 2024
They didn’t press Donald at the CNN debate because they wanted Biden to do really badly. They wanted to expose him so they could replace him with Kamala. All the networks are in bed with the democratic deep state.
— Deplorable Irishman (@looby311311) September 13, 2024
And what about not fact checking Harris?
— Josh Nelson (Comedian) (@jnelsoncomedy) September 13, 2024
Their job was to moderate, not fact check. However, if they decided to fact check they should have included both candidates and they should have been accurate. Instead, they were egregiously and intentionally biased and wrong. @abcnews
— Pablo TacoBar (@PShamaly) September 13, 2024
Their fact checks were wrong though lol
And they arent there to do that
— Joshua L (@JTTalkingPoints) September 13, 2024
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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