Two points made by the new book Fight: Inside The Wildest Race for the White House by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes ought to leave enduring marks far beyond its actual reading audience.
The first, and smaller point, is the proof the account provides that at least ABC, and probably every legacy network, ought never to be allowed to moderate a presidential debate again.
What Allen and Parnes reveal is that during the debate between President Donald Trump and then-Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s campaign manager Chris LaCivita was furious with the ABC production team because moderators David Muir and Lindsey Davis had broken the debate rules in a one sided-fashion: The duo was “fact checking” Trump and not Harris.
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The ABC staffer cornered by LaCivita, John Santucci, conceded the point and pleaded for patience, telling the
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