ABC's Linsey Davis admits fact-checking of Trump was because CNN let his statements 'hang' at first

Published: Sep 12, 2024 Duration: 00:03:32 Category: News & Politics

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yes I agree to work with you just what channel did you like I also want to make sure of the credibility of your message thank you a BC News anchor Lindsey Davis admitted in a post-debate interview that her factchecking 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 debated on CNN 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 prolife group demanded a correction from a BC News saying Davis comments were 100% inaccurate since the debate both mu and Davis have been slammed by critics for appearing biased towards vice president Camala 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 and Friends on Wednesday it was 3 to one it was a rigged deal as I assumed it would be despite zero fact checks for Harris Davis insisted that her team intended to fact check both can throughout the course of the night the times stated with co-moderator David me Davis had studied hours of campaign rallies and interviews to prepare for the much anticipated event at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center and were ready to counter the candidates most egregious statements Davis countered accusations of bias by stating that she and mu could not catch every misstatement the times reported without noting that none of Harris's incorrect statements received rebukes elsewhere in the article the outlet noted how Davis simply ignored the criticism that she was helping Harris reporting that she shut off her social media accounts there is a stereotype that I am acutely aware of that I can't be unbiased covering this moment and the anonymous Instagram people serve as reminders every day Davis said Fox News digital reached out to to a BC news for comment

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