ABC’s Behavior Before and During Trump-Harris Debate Exposed
Charlie Kirk Staff
09/13/2024

ABC News’ David Muir and Linsey Davis faced considerable backlash online following Tuesday night’s presidential debate, with many accusing them of bias against Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Critics highlighted several instances, including asking Trump more confrontational “gotcha” questions than those posed to Harris, pressing him with follow-ups while allowing Harris to sidestep questions without the same level of scrutiny, and rigorously fact-checking Trump while letting Harris’s statements go unchallenged, according to The Daily Wire.
ABC News’ left-wing bias was on full display during the network’s pre-debate coverage, with media analyst Stephen L. Miller noting: “ABC’s pre-debate coverage might as well be The View right now. It’s insane.”
Added RealClearPolitics President Tom Bevan: “In media file center they’ve been blaring the sound of ABCs pre-debate coverage. Except when Tom Cotton was just on. Sound went way down, couldn’t hear a word. Josh Shapiro comes on and the sound was turned back up. Unreal.”
Then, once the debate began, the bias quickly went on display with former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell calling Davis a “far-left activist.”
Political commentator Noah Pollak posted on X: “ABC hosts embarrassing themselves protecting Harris from having to answer whether she supports partial birth late term abortions.” Firebrand Ann Coulter noted: “But it’s great to have 3 Democrats debating Trump tonight. Thanks, ABC!”
Donald Trump Jr. criticized fact-checkers for only fact-checking his father but not Harris. “Weird how the hack moderators at @abcnews are only ‘Fact checking’ Trump and allowing Kamala to lie nonstop,” he posted. “The Fake News is the enemy of the people!”
City Journal contributor and researcher Christopher Rufo chimed in on X: “These overtly partisan, often misleading ‘fact checks’ are absurd. It’s not journalism. It’s propaganda.”
“Harris just lied about the SCOTUS ruling on immunity,” noted conservative commentator AG. “Zero fact-checks from the moderators after multiple fact-checks against Trump. Really bad look for ABC News.”
Sirius XM host Megyn Kelly blasted Muir and Davis, writing: “These moderators are a disgraceful failure and this is one of the most biased, unfair debates I have ever seen. Shame on you @ABC. The pile-on against Trump is so bad and so obvious this will backfire.”