[See NewsBusters for more.] All three networks on Wednesday sympathized with Elizabeth Warren, lamenting that the uncivil Republicans on Capitol Hill “silenced” her as things got “nasty.” ABC, CBS and NBC focused less on the Democratic Senator’s smear that Republican Jeff Sessions is a racist and more on the affront against Warren being cut-off mid-speech.
After breezily noting that “Democrats here are still at it this morning trying to derail yet another cabinet nominee,” Good Morning America’s Mary Bruce framed the Senate showdown this way: “Elizabeth Warren was about 45 minutes into her lengthy remarks when Republicans told her to knock it off and zip it.”