Networks Grant Leftist 'No Kings' Protests 18 Times the Air Time as March for Life
Tim Graham
October 19th, 2025 6:54 AM
Saturday night's liberal network newscasts offered gushing propaganda coverage of the so-called "No Kings" protests against President Trump on CBS, NBC, PBS, and NPR. They all led with the story, and the four networks aired 17 minutes and 51 seconds of coverage, touting what "organizers say" about how huge it was. ABC did not air a newscast.
By comparison, the annual March for Life against abortion in January drew just 50 seconds on these four networks.
As usual, the networks deployed visuals and correspondents to underline protests happened across the country, but never used ideological words to describe it -- no "liberal," "leftist," "progressive," or "socialist," and certainly no notion of extremism -- even as Trump was falsely described as a dictator or a monarch. You could see signs like "Impeach Trump Again," but that wasn't painted as anti-democracy.
CBS Weekend News anchor Jericka Duncan turned to correspondents in multiple cities for two minutes and 59 seconds. Duncan began:
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