ABC: White House Sees 'a Better Relationship' If Netanyahu Loses

[See NewsBusters for more.] On Monday night and Tuesday morning, all three networks covered the down-to-the-wire election in Israel. But only CBS noticed that Barack Obama's 2012 national field director is hard at work trying to defeat Benjamin Netanyahu. This Morning reporter Barry Petersen explained that the left-leaning Labor Party "hired Jeremy Bird who ran the Obama campaign ground game in 2008 and 2012."  ABC and NBC ignored this key point. Instead, Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos danced around the issue. He hinted, "I know they won't say so out loud but the White House hoping if Netanyahu loses, they'll be able to have a better relationship." Correspondent Jon Karl agreed, "There is no question about that...They would love to have a new start with a new Israeli prime minister."