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Title: Blind Spot: ABC/NBC Skip FBI Raids of Auto Union Leaders in Corruption Probe
Post by: rangerrebew on August 29, 2019, 01:37:54 pm

Blind Spot: ABC/NBC Skip FBI Raids of Auto Union Leaders in Corruption Probe
By Nicholas Fondacaro | August 28, 2019 8:28 PM EDT

Credit where it’s due: During Wednesday’s evening newscasts, CBS Evening News was the only network news program to report on the FBI’s expansive raids of current and former leaders of the United Auto Workers union. The corruption probe had been going on for four years and netted numerous convictions. Despite all of that, ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News completely ignored the story.

“Today, federal agents descended on the homes of some top officials with one of the nation's largest unions. Dean Reynolds reports, this is part of a long-term corruption investigation,” announced fill-in anchor John Dickerson at the top of the segment.

Correspondent Dean Reynolds noted that the “FBI raids today on the homes of Gary Jones, the current president of the United Auto Workers; and Dennis Williams, his immediate predecessor…” He added that the raids “signaled a drastic escalation of a four-year probe into illegal payments to union officials.”

 
Source URL: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/08/28/blind-spot-abcnbc-skip-fbi-raids-auto-union-leaders (https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/08/28/blind-spot-abcnbc-skip-fbi-raids-auto-union-leaders)

Title: Re: Blind Spot: ABC/NBC Skip FBI Raids of Auto Union Leaders in Corruption Probe
Post by: verga on August 29, 2019, 02:51:46 pm

Nope, No bias here. Nothing to see, move along.