NBC, ABC Yawn as Obama Bypasses Congress Again

Scott Whitlock | August 31, 2015
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[See NewsBusters for more.] Barack Obama bypassed Congress yet again, Sunday, but NBC and ABC barely noticed or offered much of an objection. The President unilaterally changed the name of Alaska's Mount McKinley to Mount Denali. Republicans swiftly objected, including Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senator Rob Portman, among others. In 1917, the 64th Congress officially declared that the name was "Mount McKinley National Park." Yet, Today's Natalie Morales saw no problem with the President's executive action. She trumpeted "a White House announcement that the name of North America's tallest mountain has officially been changed." Morales blandly added, "Alaska's Mount McKinley is now Denali, which is the mountain's traditional native American name. Denali, which stands for the high one or the great one, had been named after former President William McKinley."

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