Criticized At Third Debate, Karen Davila posted photo with Digong.
Aftermath of the third debate. After the calm-to-heated ran presidential debate, TV news anchor Karen Davila posted a selfie with the leading presidential candidate Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, while being criticized for being ‘biased.’
In the photo which she posted on social media, Davila referred to Duterte as the leading presidential candidate and that he can handle the toughest questions.
Davila explained that she had to ask Duterte the hard questions because she sees him as the toughest, however she later added that the photo she posted doesn’t mean that she is endorsing the mayor as her presidential bet.
Davila who moderated the last debate gained a lot of criticisms most especially from social media users for allegedly throwing the hardest questions to Duterte.
Netizens claimed that the anchorwoman flared the most personal questions to Duterte compared to former DILG Secretary Mar Roxas and Vice President Jejomar Binay, even referring to Davila as bias.
In the “Fast Talk” segment of the third and the last presidential debate that was aired in ABS-CBN on April 24, Davila asked Duterte if there is any member of his family that was involved in dr_g use, and if there is, what will he do?
Netizens fired against Davila for her follow up question noting that she could have asked others too with personal questions.
In explanation, Davila reiterated that she wasn’t able to fire other questions towards Roxas and the other candidates because of the time limit. It can be remembered that the presidential candidates only have particular time for the “Fast Talk,” while some of the candidates explained much regarding their answer in one question— the time to ask for more questions was compromised.
Davila added that there were more questions that she missed to ask to the candidates.
Davila furthermore thanked those netizens who recognized that she was just doing her job as a debate moderator.
Earlier, Davila was also praised and criticized for pounding Senatorial runner Alma Moreno in an interview to which Moreno said she is thankful to Davila.
