{"id":2285607,"date":"2024-06-28T19:31:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T23:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-democrat-slams-cnn-for-not-fact-checking-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T19:33:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T23:33:56","slug":"pennsylvania-democrat-slams-cnn-for-not-fact-checking-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-democrat-slams-cnn-for-not-fact-checking-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Democrat slams CNN for not fact-checking Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fpennsylvania-democrat-slams-cnn-for-not-fact-checking-trump-washington-examiner%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=2285607&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>Democrats have criticized \u2062CNN for its lack \u2064of fact-checking during\u200d the first presidential \u200ddebate featuring Donald Trump. Governor Josh \u2063Shapiro expressed disappointment in CNN&#8217;s failure to address misinformation. Critics noted Trump&#8217;s unchallenged statements about the January \u20626 Capitol attack, abortion, and food prices. Journalists \u200bKaren Attiah and Nicholas Kristof also condemned CNN&#8217;s moderation \u200capproach, suggesting the network \u2062should have been more proactive in correcting false statements. \u200dMeanwhile, Elon Musk\u200d lauded the moderators for their\u2063 neutrality. \u200dThe debate controversy \u2062highlights significant tensions concerning media responsibility in political coverage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Democrats are slamming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN<\/a> for not fact-checking former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> during Thursday&rsquo;s first presidential debate, with Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA) adding fuel to the fire on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Frankly, I think CNN could have a done a better job in calling [Trump&rsquo;s] lies out,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/page\/110\/?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a> governor told CNN on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the first presidential debate, critics attacked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump<\/a> for spreading multiple &ldquo;lies,&rdquo; including his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol protest, Democrats&rsquo; stance on abortion, and the price of food.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;CNN&rsquo;s moderating decisions damage the credibility of our profession,&rdquo; <em>Washington Post<\/em> columnist Karen Attiah <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KarenAttiah\/status\/1806660954333106376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted to X<\/a>. &ldquo;CNN&rsquo;s format of no fact checking, no pushback, no follow-ups was a mistake.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>New York Times<\/em> columnist Nicholas Kristof <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NickKristof\/status\/1806514773812826559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>commented<\/a>, &ldquo;I wish the CNN moderators did more fact-checking, letting the audience know when things are said that are flatly false. Not sure how it helps for a platform to transmit falsehoods disguised as facts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the CEO of X, Elon Musk, praised CNN moderators for showing neutrality, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1806760601701724565\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>writing<\/a> on X, &ldquo;No favoritism was shown to either candidate. This is what the public wants from the media.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>President Joe Biden, speaks during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-employees-increasingly-worried-about-their-job-security-after-wave-of-exits\/\" title=\"CNN Employees Increasingly Worried About Their Job Security After Wave of Exits\">presidential debate hosted<\/a> by CNN with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/cnn-defends-not-fact-checking-debate-trump-biden-1236056588\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a> to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, CNN defended its decision to refrain from comment during the debate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The role of the moderators is to present the candidates with questions that are important to American voters and to facilitate a debate, enabling candidates to make their case and challenge their opponent. It is up to the candidates to challenge one another in a debate,&rdquo; the network said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;CNN offered robust fact-checking coverage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-v-biden-debate-scheduled-for-sep-16\/\" title=\"September 16: Trump vs. Biden Debate Set\">post-debate analysis<\/a> on TV and across our digital platforms during and following the debate&rsquo;s conclusion,&rdquo; the statement continued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The top Democrat in a swing state that will be key to choosing the next president, Shapiro went on to attack Trump&rsquo;s debate performance while conceding President Joe Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3062612\/bidens-mental-state-inescapable-problem-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poor performance<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Joe Biden had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-weighs-in-on-support-for-biden-following-nightmare-performance-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Obama weighs in on support for Biden following nightmare performance - Washington Examiner\">bad debate night<\/a>, but Donald Trump was a bad president,&rdquo; Shapiro said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be the first to admit that that was not a good look in that debate last night.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3063990\/biden-debate-hur-tapes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poor performance<\/a> during his first presidential debate with Trump shocked<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3063184\/bidens-disastrous-debate-performance-sparks-panic-in-democratic-circles-talk-of-replacing-him-with-younger-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> political pundits<\/a>. Top Democratic leaders and political operatives have called for an open convention, concerned about the president&rsquo;s string of incoherent responses and frozen silences during the debate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are criticizing CNN for not fact-checking Donald Trump in the first presidential debate. Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA) expressed disappointment on Friday, stating, &#8220;CNN could have done a better job in calling out [Trump&#8217;s] lies,&#8221; during his interview with the network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2285608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dana-bash-and-jake-tapper-2024-presidential-debate-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14599,9373,4912,5836],"class_list":["post-2285607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fact-checking","tag-cnn","tag-democrat","tag-pennsylvania"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dana-bash-and-jake-tapper-2024-presidential-debate-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285607","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}