Did ABC fire U.S Presidential Debate moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis? Here’s what we know

U.S Presidential Debate 2024 which took place in Philadelphia moderated by David Muir and Linsey Davis of ABC News created a lot of controversy with regards to alleged biasness of both towards U.S Vice President Kamala Harris. Following the U.S Presidential Debate, a post was seen circulating over Facebook including the pictures of both the moderators with a caption of, ‘ABC Fires Debate Moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis: They Are a Disgrace to Their Profession’. According to USA Today which is a verified signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network, the post and the claim was totally ‘False’.

USA Today after fact checking and verifying the news from multiple genuine sources asserted that the post actually originated from a satirical website named Esspots which belongs to SpaceXMania network of websites on Sept 12 and was disguised and presented as an Authentic and True News whereas there was Zero Truth in the claim. There was no disclaimer whatsoever in the subsequent posts following that which could reiterated the claim, added USA Today.

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According to USA Today reports, the controversial Facebook post can actually be termed as a ‘Stolen Satire’ which misleads the readers of the further generation as the stories which are actually written as a satire are being presented as a legitimate news. Following the Presidential Debate, former U.S President Donald Trump though claimed of biasness towards Kamala Harris exclaiming that the ABC might end up losing its broadcasting license if David Muir and Linsey Davis stay for long with the network.

Lead Stories, alongside USA Today also scrapped off the claim whereas USA Today demanded for a response from the owner of the Facebook post who made the claim but did not receive any response. Thus, for now, both the moderators of U.S Presidential Debate 2024, Linsey Davis and David Muir are working fine with ABC News are there is no news of firing them whatsoever.

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FAQs:

Q1. Who were the moderators of the U.S Presidential Debate 2024?
A1. Linsey Davis and David Muir were alleged to be biased towards Kamala Harris while constantly fact-checking Donald Trump, both of them being the moderators of U.S Presidential Debate 2024.

Q2. On which website the news of Linsey Davis and David Muir getting fired was circulated?
A2. Esspots, a satirical website which belongs to the network of SpaceXMania circulated the satirical news of Linsey Davis and David Muir getting fired from ABC News.