ABC News’ Shameful ‘Moderation’ of the Trump – Harris Debate
The real losers of the first debate between former president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris were the American people.
ABC News moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis, violated one of the most sacred commandments of journalism: they allowed their personal feelings toward Trump to interfere with their roles as journalists who, unless writing an editorial like this one, are tasked with pursuing the truth through impartiality.
They were not impartial, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was quick to point out.
“Unfortunately, we had moderators who were clearly biased, who were constantly fact checking Donald Trump,” Kennedy told Newsmax. Kennedy further noted that the moderators “simply sat on the sidelines” while Kamala ignored vital questions.
Kennedy knows a lot about media bias. As The Kennedy Beacon has written, his run for the White House was incessantly hampered by journalists denying him air time, free speech, and the chance to defend himself against an onslaught of DNC-planted hit pieces. Early in the election cycle, ABC News itself did not trust the American people to form an opinion of the candidate based on what he said on air, instead interrupting his interview by commenting on its substance – much as Muir and Davis did with Trump.
Following the debate, former Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy similarly stated, “It was a poor performance by the moderators,” adding that the event was a “three-on-one debate.”
Last night’s debate was a real-time demonstration of how the media can create a politics of division. Divisio
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