Some viewers of ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir appear dissatisfied with how the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was handled on the network.
During the event on September 10, Muir and co-moderator Linsey Davis fact-checked Trump multiple times, but they did not correct Harris, Fox News said.
Numerous conservatives have argued that the debate was unfair, which has reportedly cost the network. The outlet continued:
Muir’s “World News Tonight” averaged 6.7 million viewers on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the three episodes following the debate, after averaging 7.6 million in 2024 leading up to the debate.
The 12% drop in viewers for “World News Tonight” is more significant than slight declines “CBS Evening News” and “NBC Nightly News” saw when comparing the three episodes following ABC’s debate to the year-to-date totals, although Muir’s newscast remained the No. 1 broadcast evening newscast.
After the 90-minute debate, viewers lambasted the moderators for their obvious bias in favor of Harris, stating they utilized a double standard on follow-up questions, fact checks, and question framing, according to Breitbart News.
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELAccording to Breitbart News, Democrat sympathizers in the establishment media praised Muir and Davis after the discussion.
The newspaper wrote, “At one point in the debate, Muir even fact-checked Trump’s claim that he was sarcastic when discussing the results of the 2020 election in a recent interview.”
The current Fox story highlighted that it was unclear whether Trump’s fans had stopped watching ABC’s coverage following the event, but Trump informed the outlet that it was “one-sided.”
According to Breitbart News, during an interview on Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends, Trump referred to Muir and Davis as a “rigged deal” and indicated they represent American media.
He added, “A lot of people are very angry about it. And, you know, you have corrupt news organizations. You have a lot of bad people. It’s amazing.”
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