Were ABC News Debate Moderators’ Bias?

Published: Sep 13, 2024 Duration: 00:01:32 Category: News & Politics

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>> YEAH. REALLY IMPORTANT DYNAMIC. I WANT TO STEP BACK FOR A SECOND AND THINK ABOUT THE BROADER IMPLICATITITITIONAU FOR MOST OF OUR LAST 67 YEARS OF MODERN POLITICAL HISTORY IN AMERICA, THE DEBATES WERE SOMETHING THAT MOST AMERICANS THOUGHT WERE A NEUTRAL EVENT AND THEY WOULD SEE A PETER JENNINGS OR THEY WOULD SEE A JIM LEHRER AND PEOPLE THOUGHT HEY, THEY'RE GOING TO TREAT THIS SERIOUSLY. THEY MAY HAVE THEIR BIASES BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BECOME PART OF THE DEBATE. THEY'RE GOING TO LET THE TWO CANDIDATES DEBATE. DOES THE ENTIRE DEBATE SYSTEM NOW GET SHAKEN UP IF YOU'RE A FUTURE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, WOULD YOU EVEN WANT TO TAKE THE RISK OF A DEBATE IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH WHAT DONALD TRUMP WENT THROUGH? >> NO, I MEAN I DON'T SEE WHY YOU WOULD. RIGHT. I MEAN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE LION'S DEN TO BEGIN WITH. I THINK THAT THE CNN DEBATE AND THE REMARKABLY COMPARATIVELY DIVERSE AT LEAST EVEN HANDED PERFORMANCE BY A BY TAPPER AND BASH REALLY KEEPING THEMSELVES TO THEMSELVES AND NOT JUMPING IN AND INTERRUPTING NOT FACT CHECKING OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT PROBABLY LEARNED THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN INTO A BIT OF A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY THINKING THAT ABC WOULD DO THE SAME THING INSTEAD OF COURSE WE SAW THEM FACT CHECK TRUMP I WOULD SAY SIX TIMES I'VE SEEN THE ARGUMENT FOR FIVE. IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU WENT AND ON THE WHOLE RUSSIA THING. I WOULD SAY SIX FACT CHECKS NONE FOR HARRIS. THAT ALONE BEGS THE QUESTION OKAY, WELL WAS SHE TRUTHFUL THE WHOLE TIME OR ARE THEY BIASED AND OF COURSE NO, SHE WASN'T TRUTHFUL. I MEAN JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD YOU HAVE THE VERY FINE PEOPLE HOAX. YOU HAVE THE BLOODBATH HOAX YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE PROJECT 2025 THING. RIGHT? ALL OF THIS IS VERIFIABLY PROOF. AND NOW THE QUESTION BECOM

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