"Fact-checking is like 'fake news': something that is now entirely in the eye of the beholder. At the vice presidential debate, the CBS moderators once again tried to show that they were the fair and impartial people in the room. However, they only seemed interested in fact-checking in one direction, particularly against the Republican."
"During the debate, CBS's Margaret Brennan attempted to fact check Sen. JD Vance, but she relayed a piece of false information herself. She asserted that Springfield has 'a large number of Haitian migrants' with 'legal status [and] Temporary Protected Status', a statement that Vance correctly challenged by explaining how it potentially masks the true levels of illegal immigration."
"Without Vance's correction, viewers could have easily been misled into thinking there are no issues of illegal immigration in places like Springfield. The narrative crafted by certain media could suggest that all migrants there are living with 'legal status', thereby ignoring the complexities of the situation."
"In contrast, during the Presidential debate, Kamala Harris was allowed to make a series of unverifiable claims with little to no challenge from her ABC hosts, highlighting a disparity in how different candidates are treated by the media."
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