Network News Remains Silent on Senate Elections
The big three television news networks are cheating their audiences out of serious political coverage this election cycle. While 23 million people primarily get their news from these three organizations, the broadcast giants make little mention of the predicted GOP takeover of Congress. According to the Media Research Center, “Our analysts found that, when Democrats were feeling good about their election prospects eight years ago, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, and ABC’s World News aired a combined 159 campaign stories (91 full reports and another 68 stories that mentioned the campaign). But during the same time period this year, those same newscasts have offered a paltry 25 stories (16 full reports and 9 mentions), a six-to-one disparity.” This is why the Internet is good for an informed citizenry. Network news is clearly a relic of the previous Leftmedia monopoly, and can’t be bothered with bad news about fellow liberals. More…