C-SPAN senior executive producer, political editor and host of Washington Journal Steve Scully has been suspended by the cable channel after he admitted to lying about having his Twitter feed hacked into last week. (TVNewser)
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 Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, which was canceled after Trump would not agree to a virtual format because of his COVID-19 diagnosis. (AP)
“Out of frustration I sent a brief tweet addressed to Anthony Scaramucci,” Scully said in a statement. “The next morning when I saw that this tweet had created a new controversy, I falsely claimed that my Twitter account had been hacked.” Scully had asked Scaramucci on Twitter, “should I respond to trump.” (NBC News)
Scully admitted to “errors in judgement” and apologized. President Trump took a victory lap, proclaiming on Twitter, “I was right again!” (CNN Business)