by Mike LaChance
The 2020 presidential debate process has been a train wreck. The first debate with Chris Wallace of FOX News was terrible, largely due to Wallace himself who, at times, argued with Trump more than Biden did.
Then Steve Scully, the moderator of the second debate came under scrutiny for anti-Trump bias. The second debate has been cancelled as Scully’s Twitter account is being investigated for a supposed hacking that’s about as believable as the investigation of Joy Reid’s old blog.
Now the moderator of the third debate, Kristen Welker of NBC, has deactivated her Twitter account because people noticed anti-Trump bias in her feed.
Joseph A. Wulfsohn reports at FOX News:
Third debate moderator Kristen Welker’s Twitter account deactivated amid Steve Scully controversy
The Twitter account of NBC News correspondent and third presidential debate moderator Kristen Welker has been deactivated on Friday amid the tweeting controversy surrounding C-SPAN host Steve Scully.
Hours after Scully’s Twitter account was deleted following an alleged hacking that took place on Thursday night, Welker’s own account was no longer active.
Fox News is told that Welker deactivated her own account and was not asked to by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), according to an NBC source.
Fox News reached out to the CPD and NBC News for comment.
Unbiased debate moderators should not feel the need to hide their social media commentary.
This leads me back to a question I have been asking for weeks. Why does every presidential debate have to be moderated by a liberal journalist?
Even the VP debate moderator Susan Page, who did a slightly better job, is obviously part of the liberal establishment:
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has a suggestion: Let’s end the farce known as the Commission on Presidential Debates.
From Gingrich360:
Let Trey Gowdy be the moderator. Maybe Chris Wallace can tell us how unbiased she is. THEN we can have confidence.
@Deplorable Me:
Time to ditch the current iteration of the Presidential debates. They are not the least bit unbiased. The media on balance is left wing and most are ultra left wing.
As impossible as it would by the Lincoln-Douglas debates would better inform the voter of each candidate’s positions
Their should be two moderators at each debate; one chosen by each candidate. How would Biden do in a debate where he has to answer questions from the honey badger, VDH, and Mollie? Could Biden really pick anyone worse for President Trump than the debate commission has?