Biden town hall featured voters with undisclosed Democratic ties, ABC News silent on growing criticism

 

ABC Information has refused to deal with criticism surrounding their city corridor with Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Thursday after two of the voters who requested Biden questions had undisclosed connections to Democrats.

What are the main points?

One of many questioners, Nathan Osburn, was launched by city corridor moderator George Stephanopolous as a “Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Democrat” and recognized as a “communications” skilled, according to the New York Post.

Because it seems, Osburn’s communications background contains working for the Obama-Biden marketing campaign in 2008. Osburn additionally labored as a speechwriter within the Obama administration for greater than 5 years, together with stints on the Small Enterprise Administration and Division of Commerce.

Osburn now works at Google, based on his LinkedIn web page.

In the meantime, one other questioner, Mieke Haeck, was recognized by ABC Information as a bodily therapist from Pennsylvania. Because it seems, Haeck is “the spouse of a distinguished Pennsylvania Democrat,” Fox Information reported.

From Fox Information:

HAECK CAN ALSO BE THE SPOUSE OF EZRA NANES, WHO IN 2018 RAN FOR PENNSYLVANIA STATE SENATE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY CHIEF JAKE CORMAN. NANES IS AT THE MOMENT AN AT-LARGE MEMBER OF THE CENTRE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.

NANES PRAISED HIS SPOUSE’S LOOK ON THE CITY CORRIDOR ON TWITTER. “OUR YOUNGSTERS AND I ARE SO PLEASED WITH OUR @MIEKEHAECK FOR HER BRAVENESS IN ASKING THIS QUERY OF @JOEBIDEN AND SO GRATEFUL TO OUR SUBSEQUENT PRESIDENT FOR HIS CARING AND DECISIVE REPLY IN ASSIST OF TRANSGENDER AND ALL LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS,” NANES WROTE

How did ABC Information reply?

In line with Fox Information, the information community is staying silence amid rising criticism, solely pointing towards feedback from Stephanopoulos on the city corridor’s opening.

“Some are voting for [Biden], some have stated they’re voting for President Trump, some are nonetheless undecided, and we’ll attempt to take questions from as many as we will tonight,” Stephanopoulos stated.

Anything?

The controversy comes after ABC Information hosted a city corridor with President Donald Trump final month wherein the community offered those that would ask Trump questions as “uncommitted voters.”

Nevertheless, one of many questioners had dedicated on social media to volunteer for Sen. Kamala Harris throughout the Democratic major final yr. The voter was a self-described “liberal Democrat” and repeatedly bashed Trump on social media, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

In the meantime, one other alleged “uncommitted voter” who requested Trump a query tweeted simply weeks earlier than the city corridor that he is “by no means as soon as supported trump and will not now.”

ABC Information additionally dodged questions in regards to the partisanship of these questioners, telling the Free Beacon that the voters “all recognized to [the network] as uncommitted.”