Posted on 10/15/2020 2:51:20 PM PDT by martin_fierro
C-SPAN suspended political editor Steve Scully indefinitely on Thursday after he confessed to lying about his Twitter account being hacked following an exchange with former White House aide-turned President Trump critic Anthony Scaramucci.
Scully was slated to moderate the second presidential debate between Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden scheduled for Thursday night. The Commission on Presidential Debates canceled the event Friday after the president declined to do the debate virtually after testing positive for COVID-19.
C-SPAN announced last week it was conducting an investigation into the alleged hack.
Scully had come under fire from the president who called him a "never Trumper" during an interview on Fox News. Scully tweeted "@Scaramucci should I respond to Trump" in response. Scaramucci, the former White House communications director who is now a vocal critic of Trump, told Scully to ignore it.
In a statement Thursday, C-SPAN lauded Scully's 30-year track record of "fairness and professionalism" and noted he understood that he "made a serious mistake."
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should have included Guttman’s anti-Trump Twitter page:
Twitter: Matt Gutman, I travel places, listen to people and tell their stories. Chief National Correspondent for @abc
https://twitter.com/mattgutmanABC
AND THIS LIAR WAS GOING TO MODERATE THE SECOND DEBATE
He can’t possibly continue to work there. It will ruin the credibility of this supposedly nonpartisan organization.
Cancelled.
Scully’s Track Record is really a Hack Record.
And then he lied about having done it - that’s a lot worse.
“To think he was chosen to moderate the 2nd debate is an outrage.”
What about the next one who works for “unbiased” PBS?
Who are the stupid Republicans in the debate commission who approve these leftist hacks?
CNN: “Naughty Scully! Bad, evil, naughty Scully! Bad! Bad! Go to your room!”
Gillian Anderson! What a dame!
Suspended? Should be fired for lying to his boss and the public; unless his boss knew he was lying from the get-go; then they should both be fired.
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