CBS Hosts Laugh at De Blasio Dropping Groundhog, Skip Animal's Death

[See NewsBusters for more.] The journalists at CBS This Morning on Monday offered a jovial segment on Groundhog's Day and Bill de Blasio's 2014 mishap where he dropped "Staten Island Chuck." Yet, they ignored the mayor's less funny role in the rodent's death. Video of the incident played as co-host Norah O'Donnell mused, "You may remember last year that the Mayor dropped the groundhog. Well, this year, he didn't even try to pick it up." Co-host Gayle King joked, "Yeah, the groundhog said, "Please, Mr. Mayor, leave me alone. I'll stay right here." As the hosts chucked, King added, "Looked like a drop to me." Left unsaid in the segment: Seven days after dropping Chuck, the animal died of "acute internal injuries."