OPINION:
Rumors are swirling about a purported whistleblower with the goods on ABC News producers colluding with the Kamala Harris campaign. Yet, there’s no need to resort to the assertions of an unverified affidavit to recognize last week’s debate was a partisan attempt to sabotage the public discourse.
Throughout what was supposed to be a 90-minute contest between the candidates, ABC’s moderators became participants. They offered six “fact checks” against former President Donald Trump while allowing Ms. Harris to repeat debunked hoaxes, such as the lie that the former president was referring to neo-Nazis when he said there were “fine people on both sides” of the Charlottesville controversy.
The first presidential debate fact check happened 12 years ago when CNN’s Candy Crowley inserted herself into the discussion between former Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama. Besides exposing her personal bias, Ms. Crowley also displayed profound ignorance. Her attempt to correct the then-GOP nominee was nothing more than an expression of her opinion — which nobody asked for.
In a perfect world, an unbiased forum could equally offer factual corrections to both sides. For example, ABC could have challenged Ms. Harris over her Charlottesville claim by pointing out that the transcript of Mr. Trump’s words made clear he had referred only to those opposed to tearing down historic statutes as fine people.
However, ABC had no interest in providing a neutral forum. Like her CNN...
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