{"id":2339664,"date":"2024-09-11T11:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-torches-debate-moderators-for-doing-exactly-what-their-bosses-wanted-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T11:09:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T15:09:05","slug":"megyn-kelly-torches-debate-moderators-for-doing-exactly-what-their-bosses-wanted-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-torches-debate-moderators-for-doing-exactly-what-their-bosses-wanted-to-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly Torches Debate Moderators for Doing &#8216;Exactly What Their Bosses Wanted&#8217; to Trump"},"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%2Fmegyn-kelly-torches-debate-moderators-for-doing-exactly-what-their-bosses-wanted-to-trump%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=2339664&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>Podcaster Megyn Kelly\u200d has publicly criticized the moderators of\u200b the recent ABC News debate between former President \u200cDonald Trump and Vice\u200d President Kamala Harris, claiming \u2062they unfairly ganged up on Trump. In\u2062 a \u200bblog post and accompanying video, Kelly expressed her disgust with\u2063 the bias displayed by ABC&#8217;s moderators, \u200cDavid Muir and Linsey Davis, alleging that they\u200c conducted &#8220;fact checks&#8221; against Trump while allowing Harris to make false statements unchallenged.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly \u2063pointed out\u2064 that \u2063the head of ABC\u200c News, Dana \u2063Walden, has personal \u200dties to Kamala Harris, questioning \u200dthe impartiality of the debate. She described the dynamic as a &#8220;three-against-one&#8221; scenario, where Trump had to \u200cface both moderators&#8217; scrutiny \u2064as well as Harris\u2019s attacks. Kelly argued that the moderators seemed to place the \u2063burden of fact-checking solely on Trump, which she found infuriating.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her anger toward the \u200cmedia&#8217;s handling of the debate, Kelly \u200bbelieves that \u2063the overt bias\u2063 exhibited may ultimately backfire, leading the public to sympathize with Trump. She concluded her remarks by warning that the\u2062 legacy media is attempting to manipulate the election process to\u200b favor Harris and expressed her disapproval \u2064of the media&#8217;s behavior, \u200basserting that they are actively working against Trump.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Podcaster Megyn Kelly unleashed a volcanic tirade against ABC News moderators, saying they shamelessly ganged up on former President Donald Trump during his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>And can you blame her?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am disgusted,&rdquo; Kelly wrote in a scathing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.megynkelly.com\/2024\/09\/10\/megyn-kelly-criticizes-abc-presidential-debate-moderators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post<\/a> Tuesday following the debate, which was held in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>She also posted a video expressing her repulsion at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/abc-moderators-called-double-standard-becomes-evident-disgraceful-failure\/\">overt bias<\/a> of the liberal media shills.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am ashamed of those moderators at ABC News,&rdquo; the former Fox News host said. &ldquo;David Muir and Linsey Davis did exactly what their bosses wanted them to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Kelly explained: &ldquo;The head of ABC News, Dana Walden, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-markle-biographer-and-confidante-duchess-may-have-been-wrong-about-royal-familys-racism-preventing-son-from-being-prince-archie\/\" title=\"Meghan Markle Biographer And Confidante: Duchess \u2018May Have Been Wrong\u2019 About Royal Family\u2019s Racism Preventing Son From Being \u2018Prince Archie\u2019\">close personal friend<\/a> of Kamala Harris, who is responsible for Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, meeting. They did Dana Walden&rsquo;s bidding.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The podcaster said the debate devolved into a &ldquo;three-against-one&rdquo; pile-on, as Muir and Davis repeatedly conducted contrived &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-woman-threatened-with-prosecution-for-misleading-election-info\/\" title=\"MI Woman Threatened With Prosecution For &#039;Misleading&#039; Election Info\">fact checks&#038;rdquo<\/a>; on Trump while blithely allowing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kamala-harris-gets-desperate-looks-stupid-attacking-trump-something-already-debunked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> to lie.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump did the best he could under the circumstances, but it really was like three fighters in the ring pummeled one opponent,&rdquo; she observed. &ldquo;Trump tried to take them all on. He did as best as he could.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Megyn Kelly Says She's \" disgusted by terrible performance of biased abc debate moderators width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/agKBqo9qsmU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Kelly said it &ldquo;was a mistake to trust ABC News with this debate&rdquo; because the pro-Harris moderators repeatedly &ldquo;tried to sink Donald Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She said she got more and more enraged as the debate went on because of the moderators&rsquo; egregious partisanship.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-lauds-his-scotus-nominees-performance-in-congressional-hearings\/\" title=\"Biden Lauds His SCOTUS Nominee\u2019s Performance in Congressional Hearings\">numerous fact checks<\/a> on what he said and none on what she said,&rdquo; Kelly wrote. &ldquo;She lied, and she got away with it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the moderators&rsquo; eyes, it was Donald Trump&rsquo;s job to fact-check her,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly further pointed out: &ldquo;That is correct, except they didn&rsquo;t employ that same tactic when it came to Trump. They accused him of lying &ndash; even when it was his opinion that he lied.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former Fox News host ended her essay by saying she&rsquo;s furious at the legacy media because &ldquo;they&rsquo;re trying to steal this election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am angry at the moderators. I am angry at ABC News,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I am angry at my industry that I want nothing to do with and could not be happier to be outside of.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &ldquo;They are trying to steal this election. They are openly working to sink Donald Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Kelly believes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-present-leftists-as-experts-to-smear-opponents\/\" title=\"CBS News Present Leftists As &#039;Experts&#039; To Smear Opponents\">left-wing media&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s outrageous anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-hits-kamala-harris-hard-brings-marxist-dad-debate-gets-fiery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> prejudice will ultimately boomerang.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think their bias against him and toward her was so bad that it is going to backfire,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I actually think the American public is going to see through this, and there is probably going to be some empathy for Trump,&rdquo; Kelly explained. &ldquo;No fair minded person could think anything other than that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qpvYW9QC56\">pic.twitter.com\/qpvYW9QC56<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jack Poso &#127482;&#127480; (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1833739414834471344?\">September 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>By now, countless Americans realize that the establishment media are little more than left-wing activists masquerading as objective &ldquo;journalists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The manufactured hysteria over the Russia &ldquo;collusion&rdquo; hoax, the warped lionization of the race-hustling Black Lives Matter movement and the soul-crushing coronavirus tyranny are a few notable examples of the media&rsquo;s catastrophic recent failures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rXSdeMVpXQ\">pic.twitter.com\/rXSdeMVpXQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1832832464047284580?\">September 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When you couple that with the crushing inflation, terrifying crime and daily border invasions that have become the hallmark of Harris&rsquo; vice presidency, it becomes glaringly obvious that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-wakes-encouraging-news-morning-debate-kamala-appears-slipping-newest-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> is the only choice in November.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In a blog post published after the Philadelphia debate, she expressed her disgust, stating, \u201cI am ashamed of those moderators at ABC News.\u201d Kelly criticized David Muir and Linsey Davis for acting in accordance with their superiors&#8217; wishes. She pointed out that Dana Walden, the head of ABC News and a close friend of Harris, influenced the moderators&#8217; approach.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly described the debate as a &#8220;three-against-one&#8221; scenario where Muir and Davis conducted biased &#8220;fact checks&#8221; on Trump while allowing Harris to make false statements without challenge. She noted that Trump did his best under such circumstances but was essentially outnumbered. According to Kelly, trusting ABC News to moderate this debate was misguided because they consistently attempted to undermine Trump.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate progressed, her frustration grew due to what she perceived as blatant partisanship from the moderators. She highlighted how they fact-checked Trump&#8217;s statements while ignoring inaccuracies from Harris. Kelly concluded her essay by expressing anger towards legacy media for what she believes is an attempt to manipulate the election outcome against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this bias, she feels it may ultimately backfire on the left-wing media and lead to greater public sympathy for Trump. Many Americans are becoming aware that mainstream media often act as leftist activists rather than impartial journalists\u2014a trend evident in various recent controversies surrounding issues like Russia collusion and COVID-19 policies.<\/p>\n<p>In light of rising inflation and crime rates during Harris&#8217;s vice presidency, Kelly argues that these factors make it clear that Trump remains the preferable choice in November&#8217;s election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2339665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kelly-vs-debate.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32962,33295,33131,32171,3634],"class_list":["post-2339664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-debate-moderators","tag-media-criticism","tag-megyn-kelly","tag-political-commentary","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kelly-vs-debate.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339664","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=2339664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}