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Study Reveals Network Bias Ahead of Debate

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As the nation prepares for the first Harris-Trump debate, a new study revealed the hosting network ABC’s extremely pro-Harris bias.

From The Daily Wire. A new study from the Media Research Center revealed that ABC News — set to hold what could be the only presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday — is by far the most biased of the three major networks.

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The MRC analyzed coverage of the two major party candidates during the evening newscasts on network television — “World News Tonight” on ABC, “CBS Evening News” on CBS, and “NBC Nightly News” on NBC — and determined that ABC delivered the most dramatically slanted coverage.

According to the study, “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir — who also happens to have been named one of Tuesday evening’s debate moderators — had covered Harris with an incredible 100% positive spin score.

The way the spin score is calculated is simple: all assessments of polls or analyses of where the candidates stand are omitted, as are comments made by campaign sources. Of what’s left — comments made by anchors and reporters, voters, or other supposedly non-partisan sources — the MRC determines a ratio of positive-to-negative statements about each candidate. …

The MRC study found that Harris also had coverage slanting in her favor on CBS (94%) and NBC (71%), but ABC’s 100% was far and away the standout. …

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(Excerpt from The Daily Wire. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – ABC booth, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71082171)

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