CBS Barely Covers Bomb Threat on Trump Project; ABC, NBC Censor
By Matthew Balan | December 10, 2016 | 12:01 AM EST
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CBS Evening News was the sole Big Three evening newscast on Friday to cover the bomb theat on a Trump construction project in the South American country of Uruguay. Scott Pelley devoted ten seconds to the threat, which forced the evacuation of the planned high rise. ABC's World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News didn't cover the evacuation on their Friday broadcasts. However, both programs devoted news briefs to actor Kirk Douglas's 100th birthday.
Pelley's news brief followed a full report from correspondent Nancy Cordes on former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani removing himself from consideration for secretary of state in President-Elect Donald Trump's Cabinet. Cordes spent 42 seconds of the two minute and eight-second segment on another development with the Trump transition — how a questionnaire sent to the Department of Energy is "sparking some alarm." The 74-point document "asks for a list of all employees or contractors who have attend any meetings on carbon reduction."
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