Gas prices are at record highs for the time of year, and took a bigger bite out of household income last year than in decades, yet the topic has taken just a fraction of the broadcast network news programs’ time. “The Energy Department’s statistical arm reported Monday that the average household spent $ 2,912 for… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Newscasts
Networks bury Benghazi cover-up in evening newscasts
Citizens should be outraged over the massive security and intelligence failures which led to the death of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, not to mention the weeks-long cover-up effort that was the subject of a House Oversight Committee hearing today. Paying attention, though, takes special effort when the mainstream media just can’t… Read more »
Obama Admin Requested YouTube Yank Anti-Islam Video; Network Newscasts Virtually Ignored Story
Early Friday afternoon, the Washington Post's David Nakamura confirmed that on Tuesday, September 11 — before the attack in Benghazi that killed Amb. Chris Stevens — the Obama National Security Council asked YouTube to pull down a video "trailer" for "The Innocence of Muslims," saying it may violate the video-sharing service's "terms of service." Such… Read more »
At His Blog, ABC’s Tapper Notes Obama’s HHS Secretary Violated Hatch Act; Broadcast Networks Omit Story from Newscasts
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel informed President Obama yesterday that it found his controversial Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius violated the federal Hatch Act back in February. ABC News's Jake Tapper noted the finding in a September 12 Political Punch blog post at ABCNews.com, but World News editors apparently thought the… Read more »