Sunday, July 23, 2023

When Republicans Win, the Media Are Hearings-Impaired

When Republicans Win, the Media Are Hearings-Impaired
"Scandal coverage is the most obvious subject to demonstrate a pro-Democrat bias and live coverage of scandal hearings is even more apparent.
  • When the Pelosi-Picked Panel on Jan. 6 held hearings, they were broadcast live on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News (unless they were in prime time, then Fox Business). All these channels devoted more than 20 hours of airtime to a unanimously anti-Trump panel. The witnesses were unanimously adverse to what Trump did. The hearings were so scripted that there was no moment where anyone said a thing that an average Republican would say in the Grand Old Party's defense.
  • None of these networks feel the need to replicate this level of Pelosi pandering now that Republicans hold the House. None of these networks would replicate that pattern of omnipresence for Senate hearings where Republicans might "own the libs" in the Biden administration from the minority...

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