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Linsey Davis held Trump’s feet to the fire. How she became ABC News’ rising star
The Los Angeles Times ^ | Sept. 11, 2024 | Stephen Battaglio

Posted on 09/14/2024 8:38:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Presidential debates are remembered for the candidates’ pithy one-liners. But in the chaotic political landscape of 2024, a simple statement of fact served as the showstopper on Tuesday’s showdown between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

“There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born,” said ABC News moderator Linsey Davis in the matter-of-fact style familiar to viewers who watch her on the Sunday edition of “ABC World News Tonight” and her nightly streaming newscast “ABC News Live Prime.”

Her correction was a response to Trump’s claim that the Democratic Party’s support of abortion rights includes “executing” an infant after it’s born, something he has repeatedly said on the campaign trail. In an era in which misinformation spreads fast and furious, Davis’ real-time fact check cut through the proceedings like a sharp blade.

With co-moderator David Muir, Davis had studied hours of campaign rallies and interviews to prepare for the much-anticipated event at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center, and were ready to counter the candidates’ most egregious statements.

Davis, wearing pink glasses while speaking to The Times over breakfast at the Ritz Carlton in Philadelphia, said the decision to attempt to correct the candidates was in response to the June 27 CNN debate between Trump and President Biden, whose poor performance led to his exit from the race.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alwaysbeencommunists; alwaysbullcrapnews; electionmeddling; fakenews; harristrumpdebate; linseydavis; linseysrecurringutis; losangelesslimes; meddling; stephenbattaglio; tds; trump
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1 posted on 09/14/2024 8:38:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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She was a shill and should be fired..................


2 posted on 09/14/2024 8:39:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: MinorityRepublican
“There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born,” said ABC News moderator Linsey Davis in the matter-of-fact style familiar to viewers who watch her on the Sunday edition of “ABC World News Tonight” and her nightly streaming newscast “ABC News Live Prime.” Her correction

There's nothing "matter-of-fact", nor is it a "correction" to say something that is not accurate. Why does she think "born alive infant protection" acts have been getting passed - with opposition?

Nor is that the role of a moderator...if something is to be disputed of a candidate, that is the opposing candidate's role in rebuttal.

3 posted on 09/14/2024 8:42:31 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: MinorityRepublican

Linsey Davis is a reprehensible sack of “pet” excrement and should be fired and blacklisted.


4 posted on 09/14/2024 8:43:27 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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Tell the Haitians she’s a cat, and we’ll be shut of her.


5 posted on 09/14/2024 8:45:07 PM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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… Davis had studied hours of campaign rallies and interviews to prepare for the much-anticipated event…

There are no Harris interviews to review. Proof that they were only looking to nail Trump.

6 posted on 09/14/2024 8:49:07 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: Nervous Tick

OTOH, ABC will promote her.


7 posted on 09/14/2024 8:49:46 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (I don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either)
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To: Republican Wildcat
There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born,

Trump never said there was.

Davis “fact-checked” a “fact” never uttered.

She’s a disgrace and nothing more than a hack for the ‘rats.

8 posted on 09/14/2024 8:50:57 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: kiryandil

It’s worth a try!


9 posted on 09/14/2024 8:51:12 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: Mr.Unique
There are no Harris interviews to review. Proof that they were only looking to nail Trump.

Election Interference.

Linsey Davis is the whistleblower.

10 posted on 09/14/2024 8:57:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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By being a woke black female at a fortuitous moment in American history.


11 posted on 09/14/2024 9:03:49 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: hole_n_one

And the “invented news” beat goes on at AlwaysBullCrapNews:

Busted: ABC News Accused Of Deceptively Editing Kamala Interview
Lifezette ^ | September 14, 2024 |

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4264885/posts


12 posted on 09/14/2024 9:05:27 PM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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… Davis had studied hours of campaign rallies and interviews to prepare for the much-anticipated event…

Imagine studying for hours and still f***ing up that bad on your nationwide debut.

13 posted on 09/14/2024 9:06:44 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican

She looks like a total bitch.


14 posted on 09/14/2024 9:07:06 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: hole_n_one

Willie Brown’s Mattress word-saladed during a short interview with GayBC’s Brian Taff, and they cut that part out and spliced in another segment.


15 posted on 09/14/2024 9:07:22 PM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: HonkyTonkMan

She should have learned to fellate her way up the ladder like the Vice Prostitute.


16 posted on 09/14/2024 9:08:15 PM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: MinorityRepublican

You forgot to add the BARF alert...


17 posted on 09/14/2024 9:11:20 PM PDT by SuperLuminal ( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Nervous Tick

Lap dog du jour.


18 posted on 09/14/2024 9:16:35 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Anybody ever watch a show called “MXC?” They took a Japanese challenge show and dubbed it in English to make it funny. Of course the contestants aren’t saying those things if it was really translated. She reminds me of an excited Japanese girl who runs up to the camera and declares “my mom calls me butterface.” That’s Linsey Davis.


19 posted on 09/14/2024 9:21:22 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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These people are pathetic.


20 posted on 09/14/2024 9:23:41 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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