A tweet sent out by C-SPAN’s Steve Scully raised questions about his ability to objectively moderate the next presidential debate.
On Thursday night, Scully tweeted at anti-Trump commentator and former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. He asked if he should “respond to trump.”
Scaramucci said in reply that it wasn’t worth the time.
“Ignore. He is having a hard enough time. Some more bad stuff about to go down,” he said.
@Scaramucci should I respond to trump.
— Steve Scully (@SteveScully) October 9, 2020
Ignore. He is having a hard enough time. Some more bad stuff about to go down. https://t.co/cMphfQJELL
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) October 9, 2020
After the brief conversation, many criticized the online interaction, asking if Scully’s original tweet was intended to be a private message to Scaramucci.
This is not going to help the idea that Scully is *in any way* an objective and unbiased journalist and moderator https://t.co/abXNX8GjbH
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 9, 2020
odd thing for the next debate moderator to tweet. https://t.co/WXH0UdNEB4
— Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) October 9, 2020
Coordinating with Anthony Scaramucci right before a debate is not something you recover from. No matter what his excuse is, this looks so fixed. pic.twitter.com/q7lsOHh17s
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) October 9, 2020
I thought the initial critique of Scully was unwarranted, but then he asked one of the the most vapid blowhards in the game right now for advice on how to respond to Donald Trump. https://t.co/BhE2aYUlT0
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) October 9, 2020
What? Why is the next presidential debate moderator publicly asking one of Trump’s staunchest critics in Anthony Scaramucci if he should respond to the president? In a related story, Scully once interned for Sen. Joe Biden. Optics here are horrible & underscore mistrust is media. https://t.co/Ipkv0CVUCA
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) October 9, 2020
Steve is the moderator of the next presidential debate and he thinks he’s DMing Scaramucci…but he’s tweeting @ him.
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— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) October 9, 2020
I think this debate moderator thought he was sending Scaramucci a DM.
Everything’s fine! https://t.co/SAiB1ilgJV
— Larry O’Connor (@LarryOConnor) October 9, 2020
Are you kidding me. Steve Scully the former Biden intern and moderator of the next debate thinks he’s DMing… but he’s doing it out loud.
Yea, totally not a setup. Journalism is dead. https://t.co/b07swOAkKg
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 9, 2020
Oops. https://t.co/VapyMzTK2p
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) October 9, 2020
