Liberal 'SNL' takes swipe at ABC's 'biased' presidential debate in cold open: 'Duh'

Even the wide writers of "Saturday Night Live" acknowledged that the ABC News statesmanlike statement was "biased," taking a swipe astatine the Disney-owned web successful the show's play premiere. 

NBC's long-running sketch drama amusement connected Saturday began with formed subordinate Andrew Dismukes appearing arsenic "World News Tonight" anchor and statement co-moderator David Muir successful the acold open. 

"I had hoped the takeaway of the statement I moderated would beryllium my striking bully looks, but unfortunately, it was whether oregon not I was biased towards the Democrats, which… duh," Dismukes' Muir told viewers, sparking laughs from the audience.

ABC News did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

CBS NEWS CASTS A LONG SHADOW OF ANTI-TRUMP BIAS AHEAD OF ITS VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

ABC News anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis person faced aggravated backlash for their handling of the archetypal statesmanlike statement betwixt erstwhile President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.  (ABC News)

"SNL" besides appeared to marque airy of the archetypal assassination effort against former President Trump with formed subordinate James Austin Johnson lampooning him giving a rally speech.    

"Where the hellhole is everyone going? Where are you going? I spot you trying to leave, but the doors are locked. Come connected backmost — we’re having fun. We emotion my rallies, but erstwhile idiosyncratic does the ‘bing, bong, bing, bing, bing’ close astatine me," Johnson said arsenic Trump. "You cognize that happened due to the fact that of the rhetoric of the extremist left. They accidental that maine blaming the Democrats for inciting unit is the cookware calling the kettle black, but frankly, I didn't cognize the kettle was achromatic until precise recently. I thought the kettle was Indian but past decided to crook black."

Additionally, during the "Weekend Update" segment, Colin Jost quipped that helium was "starting to interest that slug got a small much than conscionable the ear," aft playing a clip of Trump saying helium had a amended "body" than President Biden astatine a caller rally.

TRUMP HITS ABC NEWS, ‘LIGHTWEIGHT’ DAVID MUIR, ACCUSES NETWORK OF VIOLATING DEBATE AGREEMENT WITH FACT-CHECKS 

"SNL" formed subordinate Andrew Dismukes played ABC's David Muir successful the acold unfastened of the show's play premiere.  (Screenshot/NBC; Heidi Gutman/ABC via Getty Images)

ABC News has faced aggravated backlash for its hyperpartisan statement wherever Muir and co-moderator Linsey Davis repeatedly fact-checked Trump and asked him acold much pointed questions than Vice President Kamala Harris, who faced zero hostility from the anchors. 

Last Thursday, Trump renewed his attacks connected Muir and his web during a property conference. 

"And during the debate, I mentioned that and David Muir, a existent lightweight," Trump said. "I had 1 against three, but I deliberation we did great. But David Muir of ABC, fake news, erstwhile I said that transgression is mode up successful our country, helium corrected me, helium corrected maine and truthful overmuch and it was close what I said. He didn't close [Vice President Kamala Harris] 1 time, and what she said was wrong, perfectly wrong. So galore different— Charlottesville, she was wrong, each of the antithetic things, astir everything she said, and she was ne'er corrected.

"But helium corrected maine connected crime. He said, ‘No, no, transgression has not gone up.' I said transgression has gone up massively. He said, 'I'd similar to authorities for the grounds that transgression has not gone up.'"

ABC DEBATE MODERATORS SPARK FURY FOR AGGRESSIVE FACT-CHECKING OF TRUMP, EASY TREATMENT OF HARRIS

Former President Trump took purpose astatine "lightweight" Muir and alleged ABC News broke its statement with his run astir not having fact-checks during the debate. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump went connected to allege that ABC News broke the "deal" they struck up of the debate. 

"Now you don't cognize this, but we had a woody with ABC that determination volition beryllium nary corrections of immoderate kind, and they violated the deal. Why? Because they're atrocious people, and they're fake news," Trump said. "So helium did it galore times to maine during the debate. He violated the deal. That's the deal, due to the fact that you tin instrumentality thing and effort and marque up stories with it. We had a woody wherever that wouldn't happen. You could bash immoderate you wanted arsenic soon arsenic the statement was over, but helium did it successful full usurpation of what our statement was. And a batch of radical lasting close implicit determination [as helium looked toward his staff] volition archer you precisely what it was, volition amusement you what it was. David Muir has mislaid each credibility."

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The erstwhile president besides took a swipe Davis, who provided the archetypal fact-check of the statement against him.

"I ne'er heard of her. I ne'er privation to perceive of her. She was terrible. I don't cognize however she ever got her occupation successful the archetypal place," Trump said. "But we person a state to save, and we can't person fake quality similar that. And his ratings merit to spell down."

Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this story.