ABCs Linsey Davis admits fact-checking of Trump was because CNN let his statements hang at first debate
ABC News anchor Linsey Davis admitted in a post-debate interview that her fact-checking of former President Trump was influenced by the earlier CNN debate that went disastrously for President Biden. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Davis said she wanted to address concerns that Trump’s statements could be allowed to “hang” there unchallenged by his opponent or the moderators, as they were when Trump and Biden debate on CNN in June.“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 told the outlet on Wednesday morning.The Los Angeles Times gushed over Davis in the profile, calling her a “rising star” who “held Trump’s feet to the fire.”In one viral moment, Davis sternly told Trump that “there is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born,” after Trump invoked former Virginia Gov.Ralph Northam’s remarks in 2019 suggesting a live baby could be killed after being born, following a “discussion” between the physician and the mother. While liberals celebrated the moment, one pro-life group demanded a correction from ABC News, saying Davis’ comments were “100% inaccurate.”Since the debate, both Muir and Davis have been slammed by critics for appearing biased towards Vice President Kamala Harris.
The debate moderators fact-checked Trump five times and failed to correct Harris a single time on Tuesday evening. Trump alleged bias by the ABC moderators as well, telling “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday, “It was three to one.It was a rigged deal, as I assumed it would be.”Despit...