The American populace is in a state of shock following the emergence of startling allegations that accuse ABC News of overt bias and collusion during the recent presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
The clamor for an immediate probe into the network's moderation strategies has intensified, with several influential figures expressing grave concerns about a premeditated attempt to skew the debate in Harris's favor.
As reported by Gateway Pundit, the claims of debate bias were further stoked by a viral tweet from the account "Black Insurrectionist," which professed to possess an affidavit from an insider at ABC News. The tweet stated, "I will be releasing an affidavit from an ABC whistleblower regarding the debate... The affidavit states how the Harris campaign was given sample questions which were essentially the same questions that were given during the debate and separate assurances of fact-checking Donald Trump and that she would NOT be fact checked."
The affidavit, which was released over the weekend and has been viewed nearly 9 million times, details a series of serious accusations. These include the claim that the Harris campaign was privy to sample questions prior to the debate and that ABC News specifically agreed to fact-check Trump while leaving Harris unchecked. The affidavit also describes how ABC News, at the request of the Harris campaign, orchestrated camera angles, podium heights, and the management of potential cross-talk to ensure that Harris would appear favorable compared to Trump.
The affidavit, signed and notarized on September 9th, 2024, included a certified letter allegedly sent to Speaker Mike Johnson and recordings of conversations that support the whistleblowers claims. The whistleblower also sent a Federal Express package containing the affidavit. This was two days after the ABC News presidential debate, where the hosts repeatedly fake fact-checked President Trump and allowed any bit of nonsense that came out of Kamala Harriss mouth to go unchallenged.
According to the affidavit, the Harris team has tightly controlled the narrative by dictating the scope of questions allowed in interviews. On September 4, CNN Senior White House Correspondent MJ Lee wrote, There have been some assurances offered to the Harris campaign about how the network would handle any moments of significant cross talk, including mics being turned on, as well as moderator discouraging disruptive interruptions and explaining to viewers what is being said.
Bill Ackman, a billionaire hedge fund manager and lifelong Democrat who now supports Donald Trump, has also weighed in on the matter. In a series of posts, Ackman questioned the silence of moderators Linsey Davis and David Muir, both of whom have yet to issue any statement denying the claims. Ackman, who is acquainted with Bob Iger, the head of Disney, which owns ABC News, urged Iger to come clean.
Ackman wrote, "I assume that you have been made aware of this affidavit which was made public earlier today in which a whistleblower states that ABC worked closely with the Kamala Harris campaign in sharing the substance of the questions, avoiding certain topics, agreeing on the staging, committing to fact check Donald Trump and not Harris, and more disturbing details."
Sen. Ted Cruz wrote, If this is accurateand I do not know that it isit would constitute one of the gravest violations of journalist ethics in presidential debate history. If true, multiple senior people at ABC should be fired. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote, Incredibly important!! We need to investigate these claims.
ABC News, however, has issued a vague statement to the Daily Beast, denying any wrongdoing and claiming that both campaigns agreed on the debate rules, but notably did not address any of the specific allegations contained in the whistleblowers affidavit. The network said: ABC News followed the debate rules that both campaigns agreed on, which clearly state: No topics or questions will be shared in advance with campaigns or candidates.
The Gateway Pundit has yet to independently verify these allegations, but our legal team has reached out to Black Insurrectionist, who agreed to facilitate contact with the whistleblowers attorney. In exchange for keeping the whistleblowers identity confidential, an interview could be arranged to further investigate the claims. I have agreed to put the Gateway Pundit in touch with the attorney for the whistleblower at ABC. In return for Gateway Pundit keeping the whistleblower identity secret, It is my belief that an interview will be made whereas the Gateway Pundit promises to push ABC for answers on the September 10th Debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, he wrote.
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