Networks Combine For Less Than 2 Mins on Fall of Yemen’s Goverment; Spent 11 Mins on Deflategate

Curtis Houck | January 22, 2015
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On Thursday night, the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC each covered the news that the United States-backed government in Yemen had fallen after rebels stormed the capital city of Sana’a and surrounded the presidential palace on Tuesday. 

While the networks gave this story airtime, they both only gave it to the tune of one minute and 59 seconds avoided any mention of how President Obama had, just months prior, declared Yemen to be a success story for the United States in fighting terrorism.

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