[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
The 4 September 2015 edition of CBS Evening News stood out for not covering Hillary Clinton's interview with NBC's Andrew Mitchell. The newscast didn't even mention the former first lady during their 2016 election coverage. Instead, Scott Pelley played up how Donald Trump "seems to stumble a lot, but never seems to fall" – sspecifically, his confused answers on foreign policy during an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. Pelley also covered Vice President Joe Biden "agonizing publicly about whether he would run" for president.
Of course, NBC Nightly News set aside over six minutes of air time to excerpts from Mitchell's interview of Mrs. Clinton. Lester Holt touted how the Democrat has been "fighting to return the media focus back onto her formidable candidacy for president." Holt also hyped how Trump was "stumped – flubbing answers about foreign policy – an embarrassing stumble that has Republican rivals saying he's not serious." ABC's World News Tonight also devoted full reports to Clinton and Trump. However, Jonathan Karl pointed out that "Hillary Clinton refused to apologize today for her handling of e-mail as secretary of state," and that "her favorability rating today hit its lowest level in 23 years."