After Celebrating Trump’s SCOTUS Losses, Nets Hide Deportation Win

Nicholas Fondacaro | June 25, 2020
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Last week, the liberal broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) celebrated two Supreme Court Rulings that went their way with some help from the conservative justices; one about gay rights and the other protecting DACA. But when it came to Thursday’s decision on a deportation case, which saw liberal Justices Breyer and Ginsburg join conservatives for a 7-to-2 majority in President Trump’s favor, the networks didn’t say a peep.

Instead of reporting on ruling that affirmed the Trump administration’s ability to quickly deport asylum seekers who had failed their initial screenings, ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News continued to milk the not-a-hate crime noose incident with NASCAR. And NBC Nightly News crowed about the Eiffel Tower reopening in Paris, France. NBC also cheered a court ruling against the Trump family that allowed for another new anti-Trump book to be published.

While the networks were silent, Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier noted Trump’s victory during Thursday’s Special Report.

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