From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: CBS breaks their own rules and "fact checks" Vance and gets it
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 10:30:26 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2024-10-02 10:12, NoBody wrote:
> CBS News anchors Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan were panned by
> critics as they moderated Tuesday night's vice presidential debate
> between Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
>
> Despite CBS announcing that it would not allow live fact-checking
> during the debate, the moderators repeatedly did so. Brennan
> interjected to correct Vance after he suggested that illegal
> immigrants are overwhelming resources in Springfield, Ohio.
>
> "Just to clarify for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio does have a large
> number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protected
> status," Brennan said.
>
> JD VANCE REMINDS CBS MODERATORS OF DEBATE RULES AFTER THEY TRY TO
> FACT-CHECK HIM
>
> As the moderators attempted to move on, Vance pushed back.
>
> "The rules were that you guys weren't going to fact-check," Vance
> reminded them. "And since you are fact-checking me, I think it's
> important to say what's actually going on."
Where was that rule spelled out. Not here:
<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-debate-rules-vp-debate-2024/>