ABC Finds Time to Hype Michelle Obama's 'Rare Political Move' Against Republicans

Scott Whitlock | May 27, 2014
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[For more, see video cross-posted at NewsBusters.] Although the journalists at Good Morning America on Tuesday found no time to discuss what NBC called a "potentially dangerous mistake" by the Obama White House, reporter Jon Karl devoted a report to promoting Michelle Obama's latest efforts on healthy lunches. Co-anchor George Stephanopoulos touted it as a "a rare political move now from First Lady Michelle Obama." Stephanopoulos hyped the First Lady's "full-scale campaign against the food industry and members of Congress who are trying to roll back the healthy school lunch standard she fought so hard to pass." Karl insisted, "Well, the First Lady believes passionately that school lunches simply have to be healthier and she is prepared to wage a big political fight over this issue."  He added, "She is going to be speaking out against this effort for Republicans to roll back standards that were put in place in 2010."