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Questions have arisen over the impartiality or lack thereof of C-SPAN senior executive producer and political editor Steve Scully, the man chosen to moderate the next presidential debate scheduled for Oct. 15.
Scully, now-60, reportedly worked as an intern in then-Sen. Joe Biden’s mailroom for six weeks from September to October 1978. The following spring, he reportedly worked as an intern in then-Sen. Ed Kennedy’s office.
According to some, this connection alone makes Scully an inappropriate choice for moderator, particularly in light of moderator Chris Wallace’s biased, one-sided performance during the first presidential debate this past Tuesday.
Among those who feel this way is Sen. Ted Cruz.
“Everyone agrees Tuesday’s debate was a train wreck. A major contributing fact was the moderator Chris Wallace, a registered Democrat, repeatedly interrupting to try to help Joe Biden,” he tweeted Tuesday.
“The next debate is set to be moderated by a former intern to…Joe Biden. This is NUTS. And no Republican should allow this bias to continue in future elections.”
Look:
1/x Everyone agrees Tuesday’s debate was a train wreck. A major contributing fact was the moderator Chris Wallace, a registered Democrat, repeatedly interrupting to try to help Joe Biden. The next debate is set to be moderated by a former intern to…Joe Biden. (And Ted Kennedy.)
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 1, 2020
2/x This is NUTS. And no Republican should allow this bias to continue in future elections.
I propose 2 simple, fair rules for future debates:
(1) GOP primary debates should be moderated by people who actually vote in a GOP primary. (Not Dem journalists who want GOP to lose.)
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 1, 2020
Others disagree.
Michelle Malkin, a staunch conservative and renowned political commentator, called the attacks on Scully over his past internship work for Biden “lame.”
Look:
Quit the lame attacks on @SteveScully of @cspan, who’s scheduled to moderate next debate.
He was a mailroom intern for Biden 42 yrs ago. So? I was a mailroom intern for Dem Sen Bill Bradley 29 yrs ago.
Many good reasons to challenge biased debates. This is NOT one of them.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 1, 2020
FYI: Here is an interview I did on @cspan with @SteveScully 4 years ago after @realdonaldtrump was elected. I’ve always said that my favorite TV appearances over the past 30 years have been on @cspan.
Still true now.https://t.co/oPMr0zFZrK
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 1, 2020
And here’s @stevescully interviewing @realdonaldtrump in February 2016:https://t.co/Eimmk0PuTX
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 1, 2020
However, the internship factoid is one of many that suggest Scully may not be the optimal choice. While it’s true that his internship with Biden happened 42 years ago, a photo posted by him just four years ago shows him attending a Biden “beach bash.”
Look:
Gotta love the @VP at the Biden Beach Bash ’16 pic.twitter.com/Z9gdC6Cmi1
— Steve Scully (@SteveScully) June 4, 2016
But there’s more. That same year, he posted a David Brooks column to Twitter bluntly titled, “No, Not Trump, Not Ever.”
Look:
No, Not Trump, Not Ever https://t.co/PFvHTeQSZu
— Steve Scully (@SteveScully) March 18, 2016
Combined, these factoids unequivocally disqualify Scully for the job of moderating the next presidential debate, according to critics.
Look:
The second debate “moderator,” Steve Scully interned for Joe Biden in college,
And wrote an op-Ed called “No, Not Trump, Not Ever.”
Get rid of him.
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) October 1, 2020
Steve Scully will be moderating the next debate.
If you thought Chris Wallace was biased, you ain’t seen nothing yet! pic.twitter.com/gg9k2JSsZa
— DeAnna Lorraine 🇺🇸 (@DeAnna4Congress) October 1, 2020
Steve Scully, who is moderating the next presidential debate, was an intern for Joe Biden in his college days.
Fairness in media doesn’t exist.
— Lauren Boebert for Congress (R-CO3) (@laurenboebert) October 1, 2020
The last debate moderator Chris Wallace was a totally biased partisan who kept rescuing Biden.
The next debate moderator is C-SPAN’s Steve Scully, who once worked in Joe Biden’s office, before working for Ted Kennedy. Could the debate committee be less obvious? #debate— MARK SIMONE (@MarkSimoneNY) October 1, 2020
And this is the man who will be given the power to cut Trump’s mic? Ok then. 🤡
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) October 1, 2020
Commentator Mark Dice’s complaint that Scully “will be given the power to cut Trump’s mic” is based on reports that the Commission on Presidential Debates is mulling over whether to empower future debate moderators with a “tool” that would allow them to cut off the participants’ microphones if the debate gets unruly.
Speaking with Fox News, Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor argued that, given the information that’s available on him, assigning Scully to the role of moderator is essentially “equivalent of giving the Democrats home-field advantage.”
Scully has, for his part, committed himself to being fair.
“The town hall meeting is unique because it’s really more of a facilitator role, but to listen carefully, to follow up, to make sure that the president, that Joe Biden … follow the rules, that they don’t filibuster,” he said in an interview last month.
“And my hope really is that we’re going to ask very direct questions, and we’re going to push for very direct answers, and to make sure it’s fair across the board.”
Listen:
Regardless of what happens, whether Scully behaves or pulls a Chris Wallace, the president’s supporters do appear confident he’ll triumph yet again.
Look:
It’s OK, Trump got good practice going up against a moderator and candidate in the first debate.
— Triple J (@JasonJakobsen) October 1, 2020
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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.
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