ABC debate moderators spark fury for aggressive fact-checking of Trump, easy treatment of Harris
ABC News sparked intense backlash among critics for its aggressive approach to former President Trump versus its soft treatment of Vice President Kamala Harris during Tuesday's presidential debate.
The Disney-owned network shocked the nation as its debate moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis repeatedly fact-checked Trump on various topics from crime, abortion to the former president's past comments about the 2020 election.
"The ABC moderators are fact checking- incorrectly!- and in such a shockingly obviously one-sided way, that Trump enduring the ambush as well as he has is a win," conservative radio host Buck Sexton reacted. "This debate has been a total sham, questions are all attacks on Trump, it’s 3 on 1. Outrageous."
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"So when Trump doesn’t directly answer the question, ABC points it out. Kamala will NOT directly answer a single question and they let her off the hook," Outkick host Tomi Lahren pointed out.
"These debate questions and moderation is breathtaking. Holy s---. I’m not being hyperbolic. This is incredible. Absolutely outrageous," Ruthless co-host Josh Holmes wrote.
"ABC News moderators trying to make Candy Crowley look like a mute," author Jerry Dunleavy said, referring to the CNN debate moderator who infamously attempted to fact-check Mitt Romney in the 2012 election.
"The framing of every single question has been awful. Every single one," The Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway wrote.
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Some critics specifically called out Muir for his multiple spats with Trump.
"David Muir is criticizing and attacking