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As a Media Research Center study exposed last week, the broadcast networks had a sleazy habit of extolling Supreme Court victories for liberals and ignoring wins for conservatives. Well, they were back at it again on Monday after all nine justices supported a state’s right to punish so-called “faithless electors” in the Electoral College who don’t vote in accordance with their state’s popular vote.
Such electors were the subject of praise back in 2016 when ABC, CBS, and NBC hoped for them to steal the election from President-elect Trump (though there ended up being more defections away from Hillary Clinton). Now, ABC and CBS ignored the 9-0 ruling while NBC fecklessly gave it 13 seconds.
As NewsBusters reported back in 2016, the networks backed the “last-ditch” effort to intimidate electors into going against Trump. “One last gasp. A desperate, last-ditch effort to deny Donald Trump the presidency as the Electoral College meets across the country today. Protesters encouraging members to change their votes,” lauded then-Today co-host Matt Lauer on NBC.
In late November, 2016, CBS touted the “pressure” being put on electors but refused to mention that some were receiving death threats. “[S]ome Electoral College members are being pressured to change their votes...Hillary Clinton supporters want Donald Trump electors to change sides…” boasted then-CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose.
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