Linsey Davis from ABC News, one of the moderators for the latest presidential debate, disclosed that their strategy focused solely on fact-checking former President Donald Trump, while Vice President Kamala Harris was not fact-checked at all.
A whistleblower affidavit released today alleges that ABC collaborated with the Kamala Harris campaign by sharing debate questions, avoiding specific topics, and agreeing on staging.
The affidavit, filed before the debate, includes details like Harris’ smaller podium that were not public at the time, lending credibility to the claims. Here’s the information from billionaire Bill Ackman:
Dear Bob,
I assume that you have been made aware of this affidavit which was made public earlier today in which a whistleblower states that @ABC worked closely with the @KamalaHarris campaign in sharing the substance of the questions, avoiding certain topics,… https://t.co/Y95zdQ5Vk3
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) September 16, 2024
During the debate, Trump was fact-checked seven times, often inaccurately, while Harris was not fact-checked at all, despite using false claims like the Charlottesville “very fine people” narrative.
“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 Times reported.
“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 explained that this approach aimed to address concerns that Trump’s statements had previously gone unchallenged, as seen in his June debate against President Biden.
Despite studying past statements, the moderators did not prepare to fact-check Harris’s repeated use of falsehoods.
While the truth of the allegations cannot be confirmed, they align with the debate’s events. Debate moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis have not responded, which may suggest a negative implication.
