While reviews for both President Donald Trump’s and former Vice President Joe Biden’s performances in Wednesday night’s first presidential debate are largely negative, much of conservatives’ ire was focused on the apparent pro-Biden bias of the moderator, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace.
The debate (video, transcript) was a raucous affair, with Wallace frequently interjecting to try to get the candidates to stop talking over each other. Amid it all, though, many identified numerous instances of Wallace going well beyond that.
After the debate, the Trump campaign accused Wallace of interrupting Trump 76 times, but Biden only 15. One of Wallace’s own Fox colleagues, Brian Kilmeade, complained about Wallace giving Biden a longer leash than Trump:
Why is @JoeBiden allowed to interrupt? @realDonaldTrump is not
— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) September 30, 2020
How long is @JoeBiden get to talk…memorized line on family…@realDonaldTrump should have a chance to answer the question
— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) September 30, 2020
Wallace also assisted Biden and Biden’s framing of the issues at several points. During one exchange, Biden told Wallace that he does not support the controversial Green New Deal environmental plan, but rather than follow up by questioning which aspects of the plan Biden opposes, Wallace moved on to another issue…
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