ABC News’s David Muir and Linsey Davis blasted as ‘bad comedy’ debate moderators – Washington Examiner
ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis faced significant backlash on social media for their performance during the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Many viewers criticized their “one-sided” approach to fact-checking, primarily targeting Trump while allowing Harris to make unchallenged statements. Critics, including Senator Mike Lee and media personality Megyn Kelly, expressed frustration over what they perceived as an imbalance in the moderators’ oversight. For instance, some noted that Harris’s claims about abortion were inaccurately supported by Muir and Davis, leading to accusations of biased moderation. The debate focused on key issues like abortion, crime, and the economy, but the moderators’ perceived partiality drew more attention than the candidates’ discussions.
ABC News’s David Muir and Linsey Davis blasted as ‘bad comedy’ debate moderators
ABC News’s presidential debate moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis took heat online for their handling of answers as former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris met for the first time on the debate stage ahead of the 2024 elections.
On Tuesday in Philadelphia, Trump and Harris faced off on policy stances that included abortion, crime, and the economy.
Throughout the debate, however, many people took to social media to comment on Muir and Davis’s “one-sided” fact-checking.
“Who else is annoyed with ABC’s one-sided fact-checking?” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) posted on X.
While many celebrated Muir and Davis for “pushing back” against Trump, others blasted the moderators for their lack of returning the favor to Harris.
“The absolute gall of ABC to keep ‘fact-checking’ ONLY Trump while letting her lie in every answer is infuriating,” said Megyn Kelly, SiriusXM host of The Megyn Kelly Show.
The Washington Examiner’s Sarah Bedford noted that ABC News wrongly fact-checked Trump in support of Harris’s comment regarding abortion.
“Actually contrary to what Kamala Harris said, abortion at full term of pregnancy does appear to be legal in a number of states,” Bedford said.
Davis was also called out for not fact-checking but thanking Harris for her responses.
Conservative political commentator Dave Rubin called Muir a “hack” and blasted him for staying silent while he “listened to Kamala spew a s*** ton of lies including Very Fine people and then asked Trump the next question about ‘truth.’”
“This is a bad comedy,” Rubin said of Muir.
Still others noted that “fact-checking only one candidate feeds the fraudulent function of media.”
Tuesday’s debate is currently the only scheduled debate between Trump and Harris.
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