{"id":2081708,"date":"2023-10-27T17:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-pressed-by-conservative-group-to-retract-offer-to-nbc-for-2024-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T17:41:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T21:41:38","slug":"rnc-pressed-by-conservative-group-to-retract-offer-to-nbc-for-2024-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-pressed-by-conservative-group-to-retract-offer-to-nbc-for-2024-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative group urges RNC to withdraw NBC&#8217;s 2024 debate invitation."},"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\">20<\/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%2Frnc-pressed-by-conservative-group-to-retract-offer-to-nbc-for-2024-debate%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=2081708&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--><h2>A Conservative Group Demands RNC to Bar NBC News from Moderating 2024 GOP \u2063Debate<\/h2>\n<p>A\u2064 conservative\u2062 group is making\u2064 a bold move by \u2062demanding the Republican\u2062 National Committee (RNC) to prohibit\u2063 NBC News \u200bfrom moderating the\u2063 third 2024 GOP presidential \u200cprimary debate. \u2063The group accuses the media outlet of &#8220;smearing&#8221; the\u2063 Right and \u200cbelieves it should not be given the opportunity to\u200d host \u2062the \u2064event.<\/p>\n<h3>Backlash Against RNC&#8217;s Decision<\/h3>\n<p>The RNC has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-cruz-pac-attacks-senator-over-cancun-trip-make-teds-vacation-permanent\/\" title=\"PAC slams Cruz for Cancun trip: 'Keep his vacation forever'\">faced significant\u200b backlash<\/a> from Republicans after Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel&#8217;s group approved NBC for the upcoming debate in Miami on November\u2064 8. The debate will be moderated by NBC&#8217;s Kristen Welker and Lester Holt, \u2064along with conservative\u200b radio \u200bhost Hugh Hewitt. Restoration of America, an advocacy organization that spends millions of dollars\u2063 to support\u2062 Republicans in elections, has now joined the chorus of voices urging the RNC to reconsider its \u2064decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It \u2062is amazing this letter\u200c is necessary,&#8221; said Restoration of America President\u200b Doug Truax in a letter to McDaniel. &#8220;In case you\u2019ve been in\u200d a coma the last few years, we live in a new world\u200d where the government, Big Tech, and establishment media are openly colluding to \u2063hide \u200cthe truth and \u2062help Democrats. The only way Democrats\u2019 bad policies can survive in America is via a steady stream of propaganda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Truax further emphasized NBC&#8217;s role in spreading misinformation,\u200b stating, &#8220;NBC is right at the tip of\u200d this spear. It has\u2064 spread \u2062thousands of false Russian collusion\u2064 hoax stories, racial\u200b hoaxes, \u200cclimate\u200d hoaxes, and gender and abortion misinformation. It lies 24\/7 about nearly everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Over Moderators&#8217;\u2062 Bias<\/h3>\n<p>One of\u200c the moderators, Kristen Welker, notably moderated the second \u200cand final debates of the 2020 presidential election between \u200dJoe Biden and Donald Trump. The New York Post reported that Welker&#8217;s family has a history of donating\u2063 to Democrats and even\u2064 celebrated \u200cChristmas with the\u200b Obama family\u200c at \u200cthe \u2064White House in 2012. Lester Holt,\u2063 another\u2064 moderator for \u2063the upcoming debate, moderated the initial 2016 debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>While former President Trump is not expected\u2062 to attend the 2024 debate, \u200dconservative figures have\u2062 taken to social\u200b media\u2064 to express\u2062 their concerns about the chosen moderators.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Absolute insanity,&#8221; remarked Tom Bevan,\u2062 co-founder of RealClearPolitics, \u200da right-leaning \u200cnews \u2063outlet, upon learning about the moderators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Simply amazing to me that the GOP hasn\u2019t learned that in a Republican primary, you\u2062 should\u2062 never, ever let a \u2062single \u2062Democrat moderate your debates,&#8221; said\u200c Sean Parnell, an ex-GOP senate candidate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Restoration \u200bof America&#8217;s Truax urged the RNC to retract its offer \u200dto NBC, stating, &#8220;You can\u2019t allow liars\u200d to frame\u200b questions to our candidates. You want to win in \u20632024, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy Surrounding Fox News<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the NBC debate, Fox News also faced criticism \u2062from conservatives for its second debate featuring moderator Ilia Calderon, an anchor for \u200dthe Spanish language network Univision. Former\u200c Fox News host Megyn Kelly labeled Calderon as\u2064 a &#8220;leftist&#8221; and expressed \u2063disappointment in the network&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, a Fox News journalist revealed that they were not surprised by the RNC&#8217;s \u200cdecision to choose a different outlet for \u2063the debate, considering the previous Univision incident.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, both the \u200bRNC\u2062 and NBC News have not responded to requests\u2063 for comment.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Truax emphasized in the letter that the\u200d RNC should &#8220;encourage and enable those media\u2063 outlets that are speaking the truth, \u2063and to not reward purveyors of false establishment narratives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What arguments\u200b do Republicans, who disagree\u2063 with the conservative group&#8217;s demand, make for allowing\u2062 NBC News to moderate the\u2063 debate despite concerns about bias and favoritism<\/h2>\n<p><span>  N between former President Donald Trump and President \u200dJoe Biden. During the debates, Welker \u200cfaced criticism from\u2064 Republicans who accused her\u2064 of \u2062bias and unfairness in her questioning. Furthermore, conservatives argue that\u200b NBC \u200bNews has a long history of leaning left, which raises concerns about the objectivity \u200cand fairness of the upcoming debate.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cconservative group argues \u2062that the\u200c RNC should not allow NBC News to moderate the debate because it believes that the network will not ask tough questions to \u2064Democratic \u200bcandidates, \u200dthus providing them with an advantage. They claim that NBC&#8217;s history of biased reporting and spreading misinformation makes it unfit \u2062to moderate such an important event in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-could-earn-boost-from-swing-state-primary-process-rnc-helped-craft-report\/\" title=\"Report: Swing-state primary process crafted by RNC could give Trump a significant boost.\">presidential primary process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The demand\u200b from the conservative group \u200dcomes as\u200b part of a\u200b broader movement within the Republican Party to hold the media accountable for what conservatives \u200cperceive as biased\u2063 coverage. Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-pressed-by-conservative-group-to-retract-offer-to-nbc-for-2024-debate\/\" title=\"Conservative group urges RNC to withdraw NBC's 2024 debate invitation.\">long accused mainstream media outlets<\/a> of having \u2062a liberal \u200dbias and favoring\u200b Democratic politicians. This demand to bar NBC News \u200cfrom\u200d moderating the debate represents an extension \u200dof those concerns and a \u2062push for fair and \u200bunbiased journalism.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u200c not all Republicans agree with the conservative group&#8217;s demand. Some argue that excluding NBC News from moderating\u2064 the debate would be\u2063 an infringement on freedom of the \u2063press and would undermine the principles of a fair and open democratic process.\u2063 They believe that all media outlets, regardless of their\u200b perceived biases, should have the\u2062 opportunity to moderate debates to ensure \u2063a diversity of perspectives \u200band a robust discussion\u200c of the issues.<\/p>\n<p>The RNC has\u200d yet \u200cto respond\u2062 to\u200d the demand from \u2062the conservative group. It remains to be seen whether the organization\u200b will reconsider its decision and choose a different media outlet to co-moderate the\u2063 debate. The controversy \u200dsurrounding NBC \u2064News&#8217; involvement in the debate highlights\u200d the ongoing tension between conservatives and\u2062 the mainstream media and raises important questions about the \u2062role of \u200cthe media in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainstream-media-and-big-techs-seismic-shift-to-the-left\/\" title=\"Mainstream Media and Big Tech\u2019s Seismic Shift to the Left\">shaping public opinion<\/a> and\u200b influencing political processes.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governors-kemp-reynolds-push-back-on-trump-calling-heartbeat-laws-a-terrible-thing\/\" title=\"Kemp, Reynolds oppose Trump's criticism of heartbeat laws.\">2024 presidential \u2062election approaches<\/a>, it is crucial for both Republicans\u2062 and Democrats to engage in a respectful and productive dialogue about the role\u2062 of \u2064the media\u200c in the electoral process. Balancing the need for a free and independent press with concerns \u200babout bias\u200b and fairness is a challenge\u200c that all political parties must grapple with to ensure \u200cthe integrity and transparency \u200dof our democratic system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A conservative group wants the Republican National Committee to ban NBC News from moderating the third 2024 GOP primary debate due to their alleged bias against the Right. 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