Pundits and commentators online were not all pleased with the performance of CBS News moderators during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate.
The most shocking moment came when Margaret Brennan fact-checked Republican VP candidate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, on comments he made about Haitian migrants.
That led to a back-and-forth that ended with Brennan and Norah O’Donnell taking the microphones away from the candidates.
“F you CBS – how dare you,” tweeted conservative anchor Megyn Kelly. ‘I tried to check the facts. JD put you in your place. You don’t let him fight you and you don’t let them debate you.’
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Pundits and commentators online were not all pleased with the performances of CBS News moderators Norah O’Donnell (left) and Margaret Brennan (right) during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate
“F you CBS – how dare you,” tweeted conservative anchor Megyn Kelly. ‘I tried to check the facts. JD put you in your place. You don’t let him fight you and you don’t let them debate.”
Before the debate, CBS said the moderators would not do live fact-checking after ABC News drew attention to skewed fact-checking during the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris last month.
Instead, the network would provide the public with a QR code to help them find fact-checks online.
But when the debate turned to immigration, Vance talked about how the Haitians in Springfield, Ohio were an overwhelming wealth – made famous by false claims that they ate pets.
“Thank you Governor, and just to clarify, for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio has a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protected status,” Brennan said.
Vance then emphasized that obtaining a certain type of visa was easy under the Biden administration.
Migrants, Vance said, could “gain legal status with the wave of a Kamala-Harris-open-border magic wand.”
“Thank you, Senator, for describing the legal process,” Brennan replied curtly.
Ohio Republican Senator JD Vance (left) and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (right) participated in the vice presidential debate at CBS headquarters in New York City on Tuesday evening
Vance continued to talk, noting how “Kamala Harris opened that path.”
Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz then joined in, saying that “those laws have been on the statute book since 1990.”
As Vance tried to make another point, his voice suddenly became inaudible in the studio.
“Gentlemen, the audience cannot hear you because your microphones are dead,” Brennan told them.
“We have so much we want to accomplish.”
Fox hosts were particularly tough on the CBS moderators.
Fox’s Bret Baier said late Tuesday, “And there were some questions about fact-checking and whether it was fair and balanced.”
Co-host Brit Hume later chimed in.
“The moderators were obnoxious and made it feel like it was three against one against Vance, and Vance was fine,” Hume said.