ABC Skips Possible Terror Attack at Ariana Grande Concert in England

Nicholas Fondacaro | May 22, 2017
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Not long before two of the Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were set to begin broadcasting their evening news programs on Monday, an apparent explosion or series of explosions rocked a concert arena in Manchester, England. Both ABC and CBS start their programs just after 6:30 PM, but only CBS managed to fit the terrible breaking news into their show while it was in progress. But ABC did find time to mention that Elvis Presley’s abandoned 30-years-old jets was up for sale.

“We have breaking news tonight in Manchester, England. Police there are responding to what they call a serious incident at an arena where the American singer Arianna Grande had been performing,” announced Anchor Scott Pelley part way through CBS Evening News

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