CBS News hostedthe only planned vice presidential debate between Vance and Walz on Tuesday, Oct. 1, on CBS and CBS News 24/7. Thedebate moderatorswere "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editorNorah O'Donnelland "Face the Nation" moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondentMargaret Bren...
At the beginning of the debate, the moderators said their role was “to provide the candidates with the opportunity to fact-check claims made by each other.” After last month’s presidential debate, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and some of this supporters had complained that the...
Don’t expect any live on-air fact-checking during tonight’s debate — or at least not from the moderators. CBS News said last week that moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan will not point out or correct inaccurate statements made by JD Vance or Tim Walz, instead leav...
Donald Trump appeared to pay attention to Fox News after the debate when he praised host Jesse Watters in a post "for the nice words on my Debate performance. It was a GREAT evening!" But Watters assessment — and the assessment of the other moderators and anchors...
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden greet CNN event moderators Dana Bash and Jake Tapper following a presidential debate with former President Donald Trump, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.Gerald Herbert/AP MORE: Biden's biggest weakness -- his age -- on full display at debate: ANALYSIS...
checking from the trail. For theNew York Times, I wrote aboutfact-checking Donald Trumpand the proliferation of fact-checking in 2016. Previewing the 2016 presidential debates, I wrotea fact-checker’s advice for debate moderators. In 2019, I wrote an essay forThe Atlanticonwhy President ...
Fox News anchor John Roberts criticizes CBS debate moderator Margaret Brennan for handling of fact-checking during VP debate.
s debate performance, one anonymous Republican senator suggesting that the debate highlighted his “lack of discipline,” according toThe Hill. Others, such as Republican Oklahoma Sen.James Lankford took issue with the moderators, saying Vice President Harris was not fact-checked, the outlet reported...
And in June, CNN drew backlash for its debate moderators Dana Bash and Jake Tapper not debunking false claims made by Joe Biden or Trump in real time. Trump lauded the network by saying he was treated “very fairly.” Lead Art: A journalist yawns while waiting outside the CBS Broadcas...
The duo's consistent fact-checking came after CNN faced scrutiny over its decision to not have its moderators, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, fact-check Trump and President Joe Biden. Davis, 46, has emerged as a top talent at the network. A 17-year veteran of the network, she hostsABC New...