ABC, NBC Move On From Possible FBI Quid Pro Quo; CBS Keeps Covering

Matthew Balan | October 19, 2016
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

CBS was the only Big Three network on the evening of 18 October 2016 and the morning 19 October 2016to continue reporting on the allegations of a quid pro quo between the FBI and the State Department related to Hillary Clinton's e-mail scandal. CBS Evening News's Scott Pelley gave a brief about Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy's denial of a quid pro quo. The following morning, Charlie Rose gave a brief on the 19 October 2016 edition of CBS This Morning about a former FBI official admitting that he proposed it.

Meanwhile, ABC was too busy devoting air time on the 18 October 2016 edition of World News Tonight to a rare occurrence on The Price is Right. The 19 October 2016 edition of Good Morning America also set aside over four minutes to Michelle Obama's Versace gown at the state dinner the previous evening. The segment also spotlighted her "fashion legacy," as an on-screen graphic put it.

NBC's newscasts also ignored the latest developments in the FBI/State Department story. Instead, the 18 October 2016 edition of NBC Nightly News aired a minute and 40-second report on Bob Dylan's silence so far in response to receiving a Nobel Prize. The 19 October 2016 edition of Today also devoted nearly three minutes to the state dinner at the White House.

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