Rankings for ABC’s “World Information Tonight” fell by over 10% for the reason that Sept. 10 debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris hosted by ABC Information hosts David Muir and Linsey Davis.
The Disney-owned community’s broadcast information program hosted by Muir that airs at 6:30 p.m. EDT drew a median of seven.6 million viewers earlier than the September 10 debate, however solely drew a median of 6.7 million viewers within the three days after the controversy, according to Fox Information. Muir and Davis, who hosts this system on weekends, had been criticized for making so-called “reality checks” on Trump extra usually than Harris through the occasion, although Harris made false statements about Trump’s place on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other issues. (RELATED: ‘Finger On The Scale’: Former Clinton Pollster Says ABC Hosts Put Future Debates ‘In Jeopardy’)
Davis stated their determination to be extra proactive in fact-checking Trump stemmed from the June 27 debate hosted by CNN between the previous president and President Joe Biden.
ABC’s David Muir says that the controversy surrounding his traditionally terrible moderation of the presidential debate is “simply noise.”
Nicely his rankings are DOWN 12% following the controversy. Much less individuals are listening to his nightly noise now. Good! pic.twitter.com/XBH6KPLxni
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 17, 2024
“Individuals had been involved that statements had been allowed to simply cling and never [be] disputed by the candidate Biden, on the time, or the moderators,” Davis stated throughout a Sept. 11 interview with the Los Angeles Instances.
Trump later stated he “misplaced a little bit of respect” for Muir after the controversy.
“It was so … one-sided,” he instructed Fox Information. “It was one in opposition to three.”
Conservatives agreed with the previous president, saying the controversy was rigged in opposition to Trump, with the previous president having to not solely take care of Harris, but in addition Muir and Davis. At one level through the debate, Davis asked Harris about changes in positions on coverage points, however didn’t press the vice chairman when Harris mentioned “values” as a substitute of responding to the query.
ABC Information reporter Martha Raddatz famous Sunday that Harris had misstated information about American troops being in hurt’s means through the debate, one thing Muir and Davis didn’t do through the debate, Fox Information reported.
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