Reality Check: Networks Did Zero (or Just Seconds) on Farrakhan in the Last Year
By Tim Graham | November 18, 2018 7:49 AM EST
As we demonstrated in our column this week, the networks have next to zero interest in even mentioning Louis Farrakhan, even as he calls Jewish people "termites" and just days ago led chants of "Death to America" on a trip to Iran. If Farrakhan fervently backed Trump, like an Islamic version of Kanye West, it's easy to imagine that would be different. But here's just how little the networks have done in the last 12 months, according to a Nexis search. Fox News and CNN were exceptions.
PBS NewsHour: "No documents found."
ABC News. Zero...although Whoopi Goldberg ranting in defense of Farrakhan at Aretha Franklin's funeral counts if you think The View is a "news" program.
CBS. The only item was an 85-word brief no one else would utter, on January 26:
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