Nets Give One Minute to Obama Counsel Indictment, Gave Manafort’s 60 Percent of Airtime
By Nicholas Fondacaro | April 11, 2019 11:40 PM EDT
One more indictment that originated from the Trump-Russia probe came tumbling down the pike on Thursday, when a former White House counsel for President Obama was charged with lying to investigators about his foreign lobbying work for Ukraine. If that sounds familiar, it’s because that’s similar to what former Trump campaign head Paul Manafort was convicted of. But despite the similarities, the airtime dedicated to the indictment by the broadcast networks was grossly lopsided.
On Thursday, the combined evening airtime allowed by ABC, CBS, and NBC for the indictment of former White House lawyer Greg Craig was one minute and 15 seconds. Both ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News sprinted past the story with 16 and 17 seconds respectively. NBC Nightly News offered a little bit more time (42 seconds) but it was still under a minute.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/04/11/nets-give-1-minute-obama-counsel-indictment-gave-manaforts-60
