Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment who oversees ABC News, dodged questions about whether her close friendship with Vice President Kamala Harris impacted the network's coverage of last week's presidential debate.
A top Walt Disney Company executive is refusing to answer if her close friendship with Kamala Harris affected last week’s ABC News presidential debate during which moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis showed clear and frequent bias in favor of Harris.
Dana Walden, who oversees ABC News and would have been in a position to dictate how the debate was run, was on the red carpet at Sunday’s Emmy Awards in Los Angeles when she was asked byif she had anything to say about the controversy, which the outlet disingenuously framed as a “far-right” talking point.“I have the highest regard for everyone at ABC News. It’s the most professional organization, the most top-notch journalists,” she added. “It doesn’t really dignify much of a response.”that the news organization deliberately planned to target former President Donald Trump with live, on-air fact checking — while not applying the same standard to Kamala Harris. During last week’s debate, the ABC News moderators repeatedly interrupted Trump with fact checks, but failed to fact-check Harris a single time, even though she spouted a number of The clear bias against Trump has led to accusations that Dana Walden put her thumb on the scale to help her friend Kamala Harris. Dana Walden serves as co-chairman of Disney Entertainment where she oversees numerous TV divisions, including ABC News and ABC Entertainment. Over the years, she has donated numerous times to Kamala Harris’ various political campaigns, including her 2020 presidential bid that fizzled out early in the primaries, according to a recent She has hosted Harris fundraisers at her home in Los Angeles. Last year, she reportedly donated $20,000 to support President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. More disturbingly, Walden reportedly remains close friends with Kamala Harris and her husband, entertainment lawyer Doug Emhoff. Harris once credited Dana Walden and her husband, Matt, for her marriage during a 2022 fundraiser. Following last week’s debate, Walden has been thrust into the spotlight as questions keep emerging about how the news network could have allowed the moderators to be so blatantly biased in favor of Kamala Harris., former Clinton advisor Mark Penn wrote that ABC’s bias deprived voters of a fair debate and that the moderators should have fact-checked both candidates or neither.Trump Campaign: Teamsters Members Are ‘Loud and Clear’ About Trump Support‘If He Can Take a Bullet, I Can Write a Song’: ‘American Heart’ Singer/Songwriter Jon Kahn Releases Trump-Inspired ‘Fighter’ Jon Kahn’s Trump-Inspired Anthem ‘Fighter’ Rockets into Top 10 on iTunes Charts in All Genres, Top 5 in PopTrump Campaign: Teamsters Members Are ‘Loud and Clear’ with Trump SupportNolte: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Nearly Tied in Battleground Wisconsin
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