Fox News host Maria Bartiromo reported on a conspiracy theory regarding the ABC Presidential Debate. It was about an affidavit released by an X user where an ABC whistleblower “admitted” that ABC rigged the debate by fact-checking Donald Trump, but not Kamala Harris.
The so-called whistleblower also claimed that Harris was given a sampling of the debate questions in advance. It wasn’t just Fox News spreading this conspiracy theory but Republicans in Congress like Ted Cruz and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The “affidavit” was released by a random MAGA X user and contained spelling errors. Both of which should have caused people to question it’s authenticity immediately. Unfortunately for Bartiromo, it made its way onto Fox News without anyone looking into the claim first.
Right-wing politicians have done this several times in the past. They will create or spread a conspiracy theory and when proven not to be true, they will claim they need to talk about it because “Republican voters are concerned.” They’re only concerned because you brought it to their attention in the first place!
