CBS Spotlights Trump Drag on Senate Race in PA, Omits Democrat Challenger’s Past

Curtis Houck | October 25, 2016
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As part of its ongoing look at various U.S. Senate races, Tuesday’s CBS Evening News examined the Pennsylvania match-up between Republican Senator Pat Toomey and Democratic challenger Katie McGinty and framed the race as Donald Trump possibly dragging down Toomey while ignoring McGinty’s flaws and past. 

Anchor Scott Pelley set the scene regarding the Senate’s balance of power and how “[o]ne Republican seat Democrats have their eye on is in Pennsylvania” before handing off to correspondent Julianna Goldman in this writer’s hometown of Lancaster, PA.