Networks Fail to Mention VA Whistle-Blower Silencers Received $100K in Bonuses

Curtis Houck | July 9, 2014
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During the barely two minutes of coverage they allotted to a House hearing on VA scandal whistle-blowers, ABC, CBS, and NBC on Wednesday morning refused to report that the VA officials who tried to silence their colleagues for reporting wrongdoing within the agency received over $100,000 in bonuses in 2013.

Coverage of the House of Veterans Affairs Committee hearing from Tuesday night totaled 2 minutes and 23 seconds with only 43 seconds of that from NBC’s Today and a scant 26 seconds from ABC’s Good Morning America.