[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
On the 29 May 2015 edition of World News Tonight, ABC's David Muir avoided mentioning the critics as he reported on the Obama administration removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Instead, Muir spotlighted how "President Obama [told] us back in December his plans to restore diplomatic ties with the Cuban government," and that "the children of Cuba [told] us they want to visit America" during a January 2015 visit to the island country.
By contrast, CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News both reported that Republican House Speaker John Boehner "criticized today's action, saying it gives the Castro regime a significant political win in return for nothing." However, the CBS and NBC evening newscasts, along with their ABC competitor, failed to identify the Cuban government as communist.