CBS, NBC Ignored Biden’s Dog Attacking Another Person, ABC Downplays

Nicholas Fondacaro | March 30, 2021
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In a Monday afternoon incident at the White House, that didn’t break until Tuesday, President Biden’s 3-year-old German shepherd Major attacked another person after a previous incident earlier in the month. The injuries were so bad they “required medical attention,” according to CNN, but neither CBS Evening News nor NBC Nightly News thought it was newsworthy.

On the other hand, ABC’s World News Tonight sprinted past the story in a 10-second news brief.

New trouble for one of the dogs at the White House. Major Biden, the 3-year-old German shepherd bit a National Parks Service employee on Monday. The employee’s okay. But it is major's second incident,” anchor David Muir told viewers in an apparent attempt to downplay what happened.

This second biting incident came after Major had to be removed from the White House and returned to the President’s home in Delaware to receive training. Apparently, the training didn’t help.

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