A sworn statement by an ABC News whistleblower exposing network bias favoring Harris continues to be in focus regarding “assurances” to the Democrat’s campaign days before the event.

Now David Muir, anchor of ABC’s “World News Tonight” and co-moderator of the debate, is defending his performance during the matchup, as ratings for his evening news broadcast have plunged some 12% in the aftermath.

Note the date of the tweet below, almost a week before the debate. ABC gave Kamala Harris assurances that she would be favored in the debate on Sept 10. The ABC whistleblower confirmed this in a sworn affidavit the day before the debate. The ABC presidential debate was rigged in… https://t.co/7v9ffkfPJH

— WorldNetDaily (@worldnetdaily) September 17, 2024

“ABC News has offered assurances to the Harris campaign that if there is significant cross talk between Harris and Trump, the network may choose to turn on the mics so that the public can understand what is happening, the moderator would discourage either candidate from interrupting constantly and the moderator would also work to explain to viewers what is being said, according to the source familiar,” CNN reported.

ABC News insists it did not break debate rules, initially stating: “ABC News followed the debate rules that both campaigns agreed on and which clearly state: No topics or questions will be shared in advance with campaigns or candidates.”

A network spokesperson later told the Daily Beast: “Absolutely not. Harris was not given any questions before the date.”

The X account that posted the purported affidavit, @DocNetyoutube, reacted to ABC’s denial, stating:

Yesterday, ABC made a statement regarding the whistleblower affidavit. The only thing ABC said was that they did not give the questions or the topics to the Harris campaign. Well, nobody accused ABC of doing that. ABC has been accused of the following:

1.) Giving the Harris campaign sample questions, similar to the actual questions that would be used for the debate.
2.) Agreeing to give Harris a smaller podium and other arrangements to minimize the size differential between Harris and Trump.
3.) Fact Checking would be done for Donald Trump and NOT Kamala Harris
4.) Harris campaign gave questions to ABC that were not to be included in the debate. Including questions regarding her time as DA in SF and her time as California Attorney General.

Out of all these accusations, the fact checking of Trump has been admitted to. The podium and split screen appearance to keep the height differential have already been proven, ABC did NOT deny communications with the Harris campaign without the Trump campaign being present and they will never deny that because they cannot. According to the whistleblower, ABC executives made numerous phone calls with the Harris campaign without including the Trump campaign on the call. Everything the whistleblower has submitted has been proven except for sample questions. There will be another tweet later today announcing action to be taken against ABC and the affiliates of ABC.

As WND reported Sunday, Sept. 15, an ABC News whistleblower released an affidavit punishable by perjury specifying allegations that the network made numerous assurances to the Harris campaign to favor the Democratic nominee for president.

ABC whistleblower affidavit has been released by @DocNetyoutube this morning. It alleges as a sworn statement under penalty of perjury that ABC coordinated with the Harris campaign to give her sample questions, assurances that Trump would be fact checked and Kamala would not, and… pic.twitter.com/DNyI2clpvS

— WorldNetDaily (@worldnetdaily) September 15, 2024

The sworn statement indicated: “It was agreed that Donald Trump would be subjected to fact-checking during the debate, while Kamala Harris would not comparable scrutiny. This was widely known throughout the company that Donald Trump would be fact-checked. In fact, various people were assigned to fact check observations it was perceived candidate Trump would make during the debate.

“In fact, [the] Harris campaign required assurances that Donald Trump would be fact checked. This was done via multiple communications with the Harris campaign whereas the Trump campaign was not included in the negotiations. To my understanding, any rules negotiations and conversations pertaining to the debate should have had both the Trump and Harris campaign involved, the Harris campaign had numerous more calls regarding the debate rules without the Trump campaign aware or on the call.”

The statement also says: “The Harris campaign was provided with sample questions that, while not the exact questions, covered similar topics that would appear during the debate.”

“Furthermore, the Harris campaign imposed serious restrictions on the scope of questioning, including:

• No questions regarding the perceived health of President Joe Biden.
• No inquires regarding her tenure as attorney general in San Francisco.
• No questions concerning her brother-in-law, Tony West, who faces allegations of embezzling billions of dollars in taxpayer funds and who may be involved in her administration if elected.

The whistleblower claims to have “observed a pronounced bias against Donald Trump within ABC News. Employees expressing favorable views towards him experience significant concerns about potential retribution.”

On Tuesday, Muir called the controversy over ABC’s performance “just noise.”

“All of the noise that you hear afterward about you know, ‘Which candidate won the debate, did the moderators win or lose?’” Muir told the audience on ABC’s “Live With Kelly and Mark.”

“That’s just noise. You all know that. The most important thing to remember is you all have the power.”

He said it was the “duty” of him and co-moderator Linsey Davis to discuss issues of importance to Americans, mentioning their inquiries about the border crisis, economy, reproductive rights, Afghanistan and the peaceful transfer of power.

“These are all really important issues, the issues of our time, really, and I always say as a moderator, what the candidates decide to do with that time – you can ask the questions, but they’ll answer with whatever they choose to answer with, and you have to be ready for whatever might come your way, even the most unexpected of moments,” Muir said.

ABC's David Muir says that the controversy surrounding his historically awful moderation of the presidential debate is "just noise."

Well his ratings are DOWN 12% following the debate. Less people are listening to his nightly noise now. Good! pic.twitter.com/XBH6KPLxni

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 17, 2024

Muir’s appearance on Tuesday’s talk show was perhaps prompted by a 12% drop in ratings for his nightly news broadcast since the debate.

Fox News reports: “Muir’s ‘World News Tonight’ averaged 6.7 million viewers on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the three episodes following the debate, after averaging 7.6 million in 2024 leading up to the debate.

“The 12% drop in viewers for ‘World News Tonight’ is more significant than slight declines ‘CBS Evening News’ and ‘NBC Nightly News’ saw when comparing the three episodes following ABC’s debate to the year-to-date totals, although Muir’s newscast remained the No. 1 broadcast evening newscast.”

ABC News fact-checked Trump at least five times during the Sept 10 debate, but preferred not a single fact-check for Harris.

Davis told the Los Angeles Times last week that her intense fact-checking of Trump was influenced by the June 27 debate on CNN that prompted President Joe Biden to exit the 2024 race.

“People were concerned that statements were allowed to just hang and not [be] disputed by the candidate Biden, at the time, or the moderators,” Davis told the paper.

On Sunday, five days after the debate, Martha Raddatz of ABC News finally admitted Harris was wrong when she said during the debate there is “not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone in any war zone around the world.”

“Our fact-checkers found that to be false,” Raddatz said.

“There are currently 900 U.S. military personnel in Syria, 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq. All have been under regular threat from drones and missiles for months. We also have action in the Red Sea,” Raddatz added. “Also, every single day, the Navy SEALs, Delta Forces special operators can be part of any sort of deadly raid.”

Neither Muir nor Davis alerted their 70 million debate viewers to the egregious falsehood by Harris.

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The Disney-owned network’s broadcast news program hosted by Muir that airs at 6:30 p.m. EDT drew an average of 7.6 million viewers before the September 10 debate, but only drew an average of 6.7 million viewers in the three days after the debate, according to Fox News. Muir and Davis, who hosts the program on weekends, were criticized for making so-called “fact checks” on Trump more often than Harris during the event, even though Harris made false statements about Trump’s position on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other issues.

Davis said their decision to be more proactive in fact-checking Trump stemmed from the June 27 debate hosted by CNN between the former president and President Joe Biden.

ABC's David Muir says that the controversy surrounding his historically awful moderation of the presidential debate is "just noise."

Well his ratings are DOWN 12% following the debate. Less people are listening to his nightly noise now. Good! pic.twitter.com/XBH6KPLxni

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 17, 2024

“People were concerned that statements were allowed to just hang and not [be] disputed by the candidate Biden, at the time, or the moderators,” Davis said during a Sept. 11 interview with the Los Angeles Times.

Trump later said he “lost a bit of respect” for Muir after the debate.

“It was so … one-sided,” he told Fox News. “It was one against three.”

Conservatives agreed with the former president, saying the debate was rigged against Trump, with the former president having to not only contend with Harris, but also Muir and Davis. At one point during the debate, Davis asked Harris about changes in positions on policy issues, but did not press the vice president when Harris discussed “values” instead of responding to the question.

ABC News reporter Martha Raddatz noted Sunday that Harris had misstated facts about American troops being in harm’s way during the debate, something Muir and Davis didn’t do during the debate, Fox News reported.

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The skeptic in me wants to wait to hear from “official” sources, including Speaker of the House Mike Johnson who is allegedly in contact with the whistleblower. But everything about the document seems to jibe with not only what has been rumored but also what we saw during the ABC News presidential debate last week.

Here are the first six pages of the document (TL:DR highlights below):

Here are some of the key points according to the whistleblower’s affidavit:

• ABC News was coordinating with Kamala Harris’ campaign far more than with Donald Trump’s campaign.
• They agreed to not ask questions on certain subjects that would have been detrimental to Harris. The same considerations were not offered to Trump, nor did his campaign ask for them.
• “Sample” questions were provided to the Harris campaign and not to Trump’s.
• Fact-checks on Donald Trump were required by the Harris campaign.
• Harris was not to face comparable fact-checks.
• Split-screen views were required to favor Harris.

It is noteworthy that the affidavit was signed, notarized, and mailed out BEFORE the debate. The fact that everything the whistleblower detailed appears to have happened makes this exceedingly damning.

Can this turn into something big? Can this be used against the Harris campaign, ABC News, or both? It’s hard to tell. In a sane world this would be the bombshell that annihilates ABC News’ credibility and shreds the prospects for Team Kamala. Since we don’t live in a sane world there’s no telling whether this will be memory-holed, debunked, subjected to massive gaslighting, or a combination thereof.

We’ll see. All we know for sure is that if this is real and accurate, it needs to be shared far and wide.

Things have changed. Today, she’s a strong supporter of his campaign and he has endeared himself to her with multiple interviews. They aren’t best buddies but they have an appreciation for each other that has developed into a professional friendship.

Following the ABC News debate between Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, Kelly went off. She didn’t attack Harris. She went after the debate moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis. They demonstrated a level of partisan favoritism that has never been so blatant in American debate history.

Watch [Language Warning]:

BREAKING: Megyn Kelly just went on an intense rant calling out the disgusting ABC hosts for working with Kamala Harris to sink Trump and STEAL THE ELECTION

"I'm ashamed of those moderators at ABC News. They did exactly what their bosses wanted them to do. The person who runs ABC… pic.twitter.com/Xsq2Mm9Huo

— George (@BehizyTweets) September 11, 2024

Kelly is spot on. The “moderators” participated in a level of lying that has hitherto never been seen during a presidential debate. They “fact checked” Trump on a dozen points while willfully ignoring blatant lies told by Harris. Kelly’s shame for Muir and Davis should be shared by any American who values the truth.

The Marxist green agenda is at the top of the list of topics ripe for corporate media propaganda and gaslighting which is why it was noteworthy that a mostly honest article about electric vehicles slipped by the censors.

According to ABC News:

It’s nearly impossible not to smile when you squeeze the throttle on the new Aston Martin Vantage.

Aston executives may wax on about the Vantage’s state-of-the-art infotainment system, but what’s under the hood is more exciting: a heavily reworked, hand-built 4.0 twin-turbo V8 that delivers 656 horsepower and a thunderous howl.

Take it for a spin on winding roads or test its limits on a race track — the car’s rowdy, brash exhaust note reacts to every input the driver decrees. The latest version of the British marque’s 60-year-old sports car clearly answers enthusiasts’ demands: give us a mighty engine that we can see, smell and experience.

The Vantage is not for environmentalists who are searching for performance and zero emissions. In fact, Aston executives have pushed back their timeline for building an all-electric sports car, citing the lack of interest from consumers. Instead, resources are going toward launching a powerful, “fearsome” V12 engine that could produce 824 hp.

Aston is far from alone. Bugatti’s new hypercar, coming June 20, still features a W16 engine. Lamborghini, the Italian supercar brand, said the successor to the Huracan packs a twin-turbo V8 engine.

“Enthusiasts absolutely want a V8 in the supercar segment,” Alex Long, director of product and strategy at Aston Martin, told ABC News. “They want the sound quality it brings, the feel through the cabin, everything. Our customers are not asking for an electric Aston.”

The anti-electric attitude extends beyond the enthusiast community. Forty-six percent of Americans say they are “not too likely or not at all likely to purchase” an EV, according to a recent poll by The Associated Press -NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.

Earlier this year, luxury German automaker Mercedes delayed its electrification plans by five years, with CEO Ola Kaellenius telling investors the company was still committed to producing combustion engine cars. Last month, Toyota executives announced its engineers were developing smaller, next-gen engines that can run on alternative fuels like liquid hydrogen.

Industry insiders are calling the trend “return to ICE,” or internal combustion engines.

The stampede by car companies to embrace electric vehicles was quick, but not nearly as fast as the lurch away from them once it was realized “sustainability” considerations were unsustainable.

Electric vehicles are likely the future, but attempts to force-feed them to the masses have mostly failed. When the technology truly makes them safe, reliable, and effective, it may make sense to embrace them. Fortunately for those of us who love good ol’ gas-powered American muscle, that future seems quite distant.

To be more accurate, it was the intention of corporate media’s “Get Trump” mentality that was silly. On its own, asking Trump if he intends to turn himself in is relatively reasonable as long as the news hacks acknowledge the unambiguous travesty of the events themselves. Unfortunately for Santucci, he clearly doesn’t understand that there’s more to life than Orange Man Bad.

Perhaps Trump should never have taken the call at all. We’ve all  grown to expect the worst from corporate media, as Trump has clearly exposed.

ABC Producer asked Trump if he will turn himself in

“He said, ‘you take care, John’ and then he hung up on me.” pic.twitter.com/XMtSwS0TKQ

— Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) March 31, 2023

Perhaps this is why they’re struggling. As Daily Caller News Foundation noted:

ABC News staffers have been left stunned after the media outlet laid off several senior executives, according to CNN.

ABC News President Kim Godwin told staff in a memo that “teams are being impacted by the downsizing that was announced several weeks ago, including our own ABC News family,” CNN reported Thursday.

“While these actions are never easy, they are a necessary step to ensure we’re on solid footing for the years ahead as we chart a sustainable, growth-oriented path forward for the entire organization,” the memo reportedly continued. “This is a difficult time for all of us – particularly those directly affected by these tough decision – it’s important to remember that together, we are resilient, and will emerge from this period of transition stronger than before.”

Will these hacks ever learn?

In the latest bald-faced lie, attorney and former FBI thug Asha Rangappa blamed Trump supporters for ramming the Capitol barricades. The problem is the two incidents she’s likely referring to were committed by a Democrat and a member of the Nation of Islam. They were not Trump supporters.

Watch:

Former FBI Special Agent @AshaRangappa_ tells @MarthaRaddatz that law enforcement will need to prepare for potential “lone wolf violence” ahead of possible Trump indictment. https://t.co/SThuc0z9Xu pic.twitter.com/HpVotLzplA

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 26, 2023

As David Asman noted:

An ABC guest just blamed Trump “followers” for violent car crashes into Capitol barricades. In fact, one perp was a registered Democrat with a long criminal history. The other was a devotee of the Nation of Islam. You can condemn Trump’s rhetoric without making stuff up.

An ABC guest just blamed Trump “followers” for violent car crashes into Capitol barricades. In fact, one perp was a registered Democrat with a long criminal history. The other was a devotee of the Nation of Islam. You can condemn Trump’s rhetoric without making stuff up. https://t.co/ejAGkrkcsp

— David Asman (@DavidAsmanfox) March 26, 2023

Sadly, the vast majority of corporate media consumers who watched this segment likely have no idea they were blatantly lied to by a “respected” member of the press and an “expert” on these issues. They’ll just nod their heads as they continue to inhale the fumes.

According to NY Post:

Dax Tejera, the executive producer of ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” died suddenly Friday at the age of 37. ABC News President Kim Goodwin announced “with a heavy heart and great sadness” that Tejera died of a heart attack on Friday night, according to a memo she sent to company staff obtained by Mediaite.

He is survived by his wife Veronica and their two young daughters. Goodwin said in the memo she would be sharing more information in the coming days. Tejera joined ABC News in 2017 as a senior producer before being promoted to the executive producer of Stephanopoulos’ show in February 2020, his Linkedin profile states.

He previously worked for five years at NBC as a researcher, editor and then producer and for four years as an executive producer on “America with Jorge Ramos” on Fusion Media Network. He graduated from Dartmouth with a bachelor’s in history before attending Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.

As is also standard operating procedure, the root cause of the death is not being questioned by corporate media. All stories we’ve reviewed mention that he died, then launch into a tribute to the victim’s life without mentioning the questions the people really want answered.

Was he fully “vaccinated”? How many jabs has he received? When was his last shot? Did he experience adverse reactions to the jabs before? These are questions that are apparently forbidden and any journalist who asks them risk being cast out of their jobs and the media industry forever.

As long as corporate media refuses to ask, even about one of their own, we must assume the worst. How many people have to die before the universal vaccination agenda is reversed?

ABC News posted a Tweet recently that came out leftfield with a prediction that even the most optimistic Democrat would find laughable. They deleted it, but not before some people took notice. The Tweet read:

Democrats are going to hold onto the House after November’s midterm elections. They will pick up as many as four seats in the Senate, expanding their majority and overcoming internal dissent that has helped stifle their agenda.

Hi @ABC! Why did you delete this? pic.twitter.com/3v543vUKBv

— Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) June 18, 2022

The Tweet pointed to an article that appears to have been heavily edited. Was it dropped prematurely by an overly ambitious intern over the weekend? If so, and if it has been edited, they kept the opening that seems more like a statement of news rather than a predictions. Moreover, it’s not attributed, and while the article appears to link it to Joe Biden’s, there are no indications he ever said it.

There are so many questions, but none are bigger than why they’re sending out this message in the first place. It’s no secret corporate media is going to do everything in their power to help Democrats salvage their bleak midterm election fortunes. It’s also not a secret that one way they do this is through gaslighting. Are they already trying to make us think we’re crazy for believing they’re going to get shellacked in November?

In the coming weeks, we’re going to see more attempts at narrative shifting by Democrats and their corporate media puppets. The J6 show is just the beginning. Whatever they can do to distract the nation from the suffering the Democrats are causing is worthy news to them even if it’s irrelevant to most Americans.

Never underestimate the ability of millions of Americans to be easily manipulated. Considering there are still many who believe Joe Biden got 81 million votes in 2020, we cannot take a red wave for granted.