It’s clear that legacy media’s priority this election cycle is to elevate Kamala Harris to the presidency by any means necessary. So, why should Americans expect them to play fair during the Democrat’s Tuesday night debate against former President Donald Trump?
Hosted by ABC News, the matchup between Trump and Harris will be moderated by network anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis. It will likely be voters’ only chance at seeing the two candidates appear on stage together before early voting starts in key swing states, giving Trump and Harris a critical opportunity to define their respective opponent before a general election audience.
With so much on the line, it would be nice if Americans could be confident in knowing the moderators will remain neutral throughout the debate and abstain from favoring one candidate over the other. Unfortunately, both Muir and Davis’ track records indicate that isn’t likely to be the case.
On Monday, the Media Research Center (MRC) published a study reportedly finding that Muir’s “World News Tonight” program has produced heavily favorable coverage for Harris and negative coverage for Trump in recent months. After analyzing “all 100 campaign stories that aired on ABC’s World News Tonight from the day Harris entered the race (July 21) through September 6,” MRC purportedly “found 25 clearly positive statements about Harris from reporters, anchors, voters or other non-partisan sources, with zero negative statements — none.”
“That computes to a gravity-defying 100% positive spin score for the Vice President,” the report reads.
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