C-Span Suspends Editor for Lying About Twitter Hack

C-Span suspended its anchor Steve Scully, who was to moderate the now-canceled second presidential debate, for falsely claiming that his Twitter was hacked last week. Scully claimed that the hacking accounted for a tweet sent from Scully's account asking former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci for advice on how to respond to the President Donald Trump, who recently said he believed Scully is a "never-Trumper" who "worked for Biden at one point." Both C-Span and the Commission for Presidential Debates came to Scully's defense. On Thursday, Scully apologized for lying about the hack. The story was covered by outlets across the political spectrum, but covered with more prominence by right-rated media. Some voices from the right, including President Donald Trump, pointed to Scully's falsehood as evidence that the debate was rigged in Joe Biden's favor and highlighted Scully's history of claiming his Twitter account had been hacked.