{"id":1711320,"date":"2022-10-26T08:20:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1711320"},"modified":"2022-10-26T08:33:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:33:37","slug":"nexstar-refutes-fetterman-campaign-attempting-to-blame-humiliating-debate-performance-on-closed-captioning-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nexstar-refutes-fetterman-campaign-attempting-to-blame-humiliating-debate-performance-on-closed-captioning-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexstar Refutes Fetterman Campaign Attempting to Blame Humiliating Debate Performance on &#8220;Closed Captioning Errors&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnexstar-refutes-fetterman-campaign-attempting-to-blame-humiliating-debate-performance-on-closed-captioning-errors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1711320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman&#8217;s campaign<\/a> is alleging that the closed captioning system used to assist the Democrat in Tuesday&#8217;s debate against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz was slow and full of errors, a claim the debate host refutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Fetterman is recovering from a stroke he suffered in May and has since struggled with auditory processing issues and speaking clearly ever since. The campaigns for Fetterman and Oz both agreed that the lieutenant governor could use closed captioning for the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Following the debate hosted by Nexstar, Fetterman communications director Joe Calvello told reporters his boss thrived in his performance on Tuesday despite errors with closed captioning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled with John\u2019s performance,&#8221; Calvello said. &#8220;He did remarkably well tonight \u2013 especially when you consider that he\u2019s still recovering from a stroke and was working off of delayed captions filled with errors. John won countless exchanges, counter-punched aggressively, and pushed back on Oz\u2019s cruelty and attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/official-polls\/fox-news-poll-pennsylvania-senate-race-narrows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FOX NEWS POLL: PENNSYLVANIA SENATE RACE NARROWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/fetterman.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman&#039;s campaign is alleging that the closed captioning system used to assist the Democrat in Tuesday&#039;s debate against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz was slow and full of errors.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman&#8217;s campaign is alleging that the closed captioning system used to assist the Democrat in Tuesday&#8217;s debate against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz was slow and full of errors.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(NewsNation)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, Nexstar rebuked the allegations from the Fetterman campaign, saying in a statement the Democrat did not utilize all the opportunities he was given to practice before Tuesday night. Nexstar said it offered both candidates two rehearsals but that Fetterman elected to only do one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is unfortunate that Mr. Fetterman is now criticizing the closed captioning process employed by Nexstar during tonight\u2019s debate,&#8221; Nexstar communications chief Gary Weitman said in a statement.\u00a0&#8220;Both candidates agreed to the technical set-up for the closed captioning process weeks ago, which was implemented at the request of the Fetterman campaign.\u00a0Both candidates were offered the opportunity for two full rehearsals with the same equipment used in tonight\u2019s debate; Mr. Fetterman chose to do only one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/comms-director-defends-fettermans-debate-performance-says-dr-oz-pretty-hard-tonight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FETTERMAN&#8217;S COMMS DIRECTOR DEFENDS DEBATE PERFORMANCE, SAYS HE \u2018TOOK IT TO DR. OZ PRETTY F\u2014ING HARD TONIGHT\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/Fett-Oz-split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Pennsylvania Senate candidates John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz participate in a debate on October 25 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Pennsylvania Senate candidates John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz participate in a debate on October 25 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(NewsNation)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Weitman explained that Nexstar had ensured the closed captioning process was effective and that the system functioned properly during the debate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In fact, Nexstar\u2019s production team went to extraordinary lengths to ensure the effectiveness of the closed captioning process, and to accommodate several last-minute requests of the Fetterman campaign,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The closed captioning process functioned as expected during rehearsal and again during tonight\u2019s debate. We regret that Mr. Fetterman and his campaign feel otherwise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/lkeyu8ds.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"John Fetterman is recovering from a stroke he suffered in May and has since struggled with auditory processing issues and speaking clearly ever since. The campaigns for Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz both agreed that the lieutenant governor could use closed captioning for the debate.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      John Fetterman is recovering from a stroke he suffered in May and has since struggled with auditory processing issues and speaking clearly ever since. The campaigns for Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz both agreed that the lieutenant governor could use closed captioning for the debate.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(NewsNation)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Human captioning transcribed every word spoken by the moderators and Oz, but Fetterman&#8217;s remarks were left out, according to WHTM. The captions were shown on two 70-inch monitors displayed behind the moderators.<\/p>\n<p>According to a FOX News poll conducted last month, Fetterman leads Oz 45% to 41% among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">likely Pennsylvania voters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s campaign did not immediately respond to FOX News Digital&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman&#8217;s campaign is alleging that the closed captioning system used to assist the Democrat in Tuesday&#8217;s debate against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz was slow and full<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1711323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1711320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1711323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}