Embarrassments such as Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Braley, who mocked farmers in his home state, and Democratic Wisconsin Gubernatorial candidate Brett Hulsey making KKK hoods to give to Republicans, have gone unreported by the Big Three networks.The following is a rundown of some of the 2014 scandals involving Democrats that the Big Three networks have chosen to bury or outright ignore on their evening and morning shows:"
DEMOCRATS ENGAGED IN POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL OR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR
Democratic Senator John Walsh Drops Out of Race After Plagiarism Scandal-Big Three coverage: A 31 second story aired on the July 24 CBS This Morning.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Paid $31,000 in Campaign Funds to Granddaughter for ‘Gifts’Big Three coverage: 0 stories
Democratic Governor Accused of Turning Anti-Violence Initiative Into a Slush Fund-Big Three coverage: 0 stories
Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu Charged Campaign Flight to Taxpayers-Big Three coverage: 0 stories
New Jersey Democrat Leaves Congress Amid Ethics Probe-Big Three coverage: Nothing on the ABC, CBS or NBC morning and evening newscasts but the May 11 edition of 60 Minutes devoted 88 seconds to Andrews during a Steve Kroft piece about the misuse of campaign funds.
Anti-Gun Democrat Accused of Illegal Arms Trafficking-Big Three coverage: A 10 second brief by ABC’s Amy Robach on March 27 edition of ABC’sGood Morning America. Robach never attached the Democratic label to Yee in the following brief: “And a California lawmaker who pushed for gun control has been arrested in a gun trafficking scheme. State Senator Leland Yee is fighting those charges.” -There was nothing about Yee on CBS and NBC.
California State Democrats Suspended By State Senate for Corruption-
Big Three coverage: 0 stories
Charlotte Mayor and ‘Friend of Barack’ Goes Down on Bribery Charges-Big Three coverage: Two briefs totaling 49 seconds. A 12 second brief by ABC’s Amy Robach on the March 27 Good Morning America. Robach failed to identify Cannon as a Democrat in the following brief: “Mayor Patrick Cannon accused of accepting more than $48,000 in bribes and then soliciting another million in bribes.”
NBC’s Brian Williams on the March 26 Nightly News offered the following 37 second brief, in which he never disclosed Cannon’s party affiliation. “The beautiful city of Charlotte, North Carolina, tonight is coming to grips with an ugly story involving its mayor who has been in office for a grand total of one hundred fifteen days. He was busted today by the FBI after a sting operation several years in the making. Patrick Cannon is facing charges of theft and bribery after the FBI says it launched a fake real estate scheme. They say he asked for and received forty-eight thousand dollars, use of a luxury apartment, kickbacks, and in the most recent payment he accepted twenty thousand dollars in cash, they say, in his office. If convicted, he could face up to twenty years in prison.” -
CBS never ran a story on Cannon.
CBS never ran a story on Cannon.
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