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| C-SPAN suspends Scully after he admits to lie about hack |
| 2020-10-16 |
| [VanCourier] NEW YORK — C-SPAN suspended its political editor Steve Scully indefinitely Thursday after he admitted to lying about his Twitter feed being hacked when he was confronted about a questionable exchange with former Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci. The news came on the day of what was supposed to be a career highlight for the 30-year C-SPAN veteran. Scully was to moderate the second debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, which was cancelled after Trump would not agree to a virtual format because of his COVID-19 diagnosis.A week ago, after Trump had criticized him as a "never Trumper," Scully tweeted "@Scaramucci should I respond to Trump." Scaramucci, a former Trump communications director and now a critic of the president, advised Scully to ignore him. Scully said that when he saw his tweet had created a controversy, "I falsely claimed that my Twitter account had been hacked." He had been frustrated by Trump's comments and several weeks of criticism on social media and conservative news outlets about his role as moderator, including attacks directed at his family, he said. "These were both errors in judgement for which I am totally responsible for," Scully said. "I apologize." He said he let down his colleagues at C-SPAN, fellow news professionals and the debate commission. "I ask for their forgiveness as I try to move forward in a moment of reflection and disappointment in myself," he said. C-SPAN said Scully confessed to lying about the hack on Wednesday. "He understands that he made a serious mistake," the network said. "We were very saddened by this news and do not condone his actions." The debate commission did not immediately return a message seeking comment. Scully has led the network's presidential election coverage since 1992, but the suspension means he won't be part of C-SPAN's election night programming. Scully has been the moderator of "Washington Journal," the weekly call-in program, and regularly hosted other C-SPAN programs. The network said Scully has consistently demonstrated fairness and professionalism, and built a reservoir of good will. "After some distance from this episode, we believe in his ability to continue to contribute to C-SPAN," the network said. Related: Steve Scully: 2020-10-09 Chris Wallace: A Virtual Forum in Lieu of Debate Is a ‘Perfectly Reasonable Idea' Steve Scully: 2020-10-05 'Hoping President Trump can participate': Biden campaign official says Democratic nominee will be at next debate as scheduled Steve Scully: 2020-10-02 Second Debate Moderator Worked For Biden, Tweeted Resistance Screed Related: Anthony Scaramucci: 2020-09-07 Victor Davis Hanson: Desperately Derailing Donald Anthony Scaramucci: 2020-07-22 Ohio House speaker and four others are arrested in $60M bribery case over a $1billion nuclear plant bailout plan following a nearly two-year money laundering probe by the FBI Anthony Scaramucci: 2018-06-23 CNN staffer who resigned over retracted Russia story named interim head of CBSNews.com
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| Posted by:746 |
| #5 Isn't there a law against this behavior? |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereque3534 2020-10-16 15:00 |
| #4 Chris Wallace, D-FoxNews (who vouched for Scully) dissembled and scapegoated teh Potus Debate Commission. Not gonna work, you lying squirrel. Wonder whose nuts are in his cheeks? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-16 14:15 |
| #3 He was frustrated by Trump so he went ahead and proved Trump correct. You have to at least give him credit for that. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2020-10-16 13:17 |
| #2 "It's just this |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-10-16 08:10 |
| #1 If "Liar Liar Pants on Fire" was an actual thing, a ton of the media and lefties would be in some pretty bad flaming trouble right now. |
| Posted by: Theager Borgia1057 2020-10-16 01:33 |