Linsey Davis held Trump’s feet to the fire. How she became ABC News’ rising star
LA TimesPresidential debates are remembered for the candidates’ pithy one-liners. “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born,” said ABC News moderator Linsey Davis in the matter-of-fact style familiar to viewers who watch her on the Sunday edition of “ABC World News Tonight” and her nightly streaming newscast “ABC News Live Prime.” Her correction was a response to Trump’s claim that the Democratic Party’s support of abortion rights includes “executing” an infant after it’s born, something he has repeatedly said on the campaign trail. “There are times when I have to say, ‘Linsey, this is not a news report, this is a conversation.’” Davis is set to play a critical role in the future at ABC News. Her career trajectory changed when Diane Sawyer, anchor of “ABC World News” from 2009 to 2014, was sitting at the program’s assignment desk with Michael Corn, the program’s executive producer at the time. Davis’ “ABC News Live Prime” differs from the traditional nightly newscast, with longer interviews and segments, such as a recent eight-minute package on political upheaval in Venezuela.
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