CBS News anchors Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan were criticized by critics as they moderated the vice presidential debate between senators on Tuesday night. JD VanceR-Ohio, and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Despite CBS’s announcement that it would not allow live fact-checking during the debate, the moderator repeatedly did so. Brennan intervened to correct Vance when he suggested that illegal immigrants were a huge resource drain. Springfield, Ohio.
“To clarify for our audience, there are a large number of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio who have legal status, temporary protected status,” Brennan said.
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As the moderator attempted to step forward, Vance pushed back.
Vance reminded them, “The rules were you guys were not to fact check.” “And since you’re fact-checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s really going on.”
Explaining the process of obtaining legal status and linking it to Harris-backed immigration policy, the moderator again talked about Vance, and thanked him for “describing the legal process” before he told the Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s microphone was cut off during the attempt. Argue with him.
CBS News anchors Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan were criticized by critics for their “obnoxious” fact-checking in the vice-presidential debate. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The fact-checking by CBS moderators was criticized by critics.
Britt Hume of Fox News responded, saying, “The moderators were obnoxious and made it feel like three on Vance.”
Laura Ingraham of Fox News exposed the moderator’s “suicidal, egotistical bias”.
“Almost every question was designed to make Republicans look bad, skewering Trump’s views on child care. And yet Vance took it in stride. And I think he really did, with most of the questions. , really showed his humanity as well as his knowledge of the issues,” Ingraham said.
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critics also took social media To stack the CBS anchors.
R-Fla. Senator Marco Rubio of Washington wrote, “Once again another major media outlet has embarrassed itself on the debate stage.” “In the first 30 minutes of the CBS debate the moderators have already offered two unnecessary editorial statements, (one of them misleading), targeting JD Vance under the guise of ‘fact checking’.”
Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, said, “CBS cut off @JDVance mid-sentence as he was trying to fact check Tim Walz. They would never do that if the tables were turned. ”
Republican vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance (R-OH) participates in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on October 1, 2024 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Conservative strategist Brad Todd said, “Margaret Brennan blocking JD Vance from technically correcting an inaccurate fact check about him is a terrible look for @CBSNews.” “They simply can’t help themselves. Democracy dies in muted microphones.”
“What is this CBS bulls–? If you’re going to check the facts, say you will. Don’t say you won’t and then do!” “Breaking Points” co-host Sagar NJT exclaimed.
Wall Street Journal film critic Kyle Smith quipped, “The way moderators think it’s their job to make the final decision on how to frame an issue is astonishing.”
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks during the vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News with Republican vice presidential nominee Senator J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Fox News’s Bill Melugin, who has covered the migrant crisis extensively during the Biden-Harris administration, provided his fact-checking of the debate exchanges.
“CBS cut off Vance’s mic while he was explaining how the Biden/Harris administration has allowed over 800,000 migrants to enter the US ‘legally’ through the CBP One app. Then it seemed like Walz claimed the CBP One app has been in use since the 90s, which is completely false,” Melugin wrote on X. “The Biden/Harris administration is expected to use it in the winter of 2023 to begin mass parole of immigrants into the country by the hundreds of thousands, typically between 1,300-1,500 per day.”
Notably, O’Donnell and Brennan stopped fact-checking after returning from commercial break.
The reaction that CBS News moderators received was similar to the outcry sparked by ABC News’ David Muir and Lynsey Davis. for their biased moderating During the first presidential debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Fox News’ Yael Halon and Joshua Q. Nelson contributed to this report.
