CBS: Northam Wants to 'Make This Right'; We Must Understand 'Context'

[See NewsBusters for more.] Since it’s clear that disgraced Virginia Governor Ralph Northam isn’t resigning in the wake of his KKK/blackface scandal, CBS has begun the rehabilitation effort. On Sunday and Monday, the network devoted a combined 23 minutes and 9 seconds to Gayle King’s interview of the Democrat. King, Norah O’Donnell and her other CBS This Morning co-hosts stressed Americans must understand the “context,” “the broader lens” and that Northam “wants to make this right.” Despite the running time of the interview (on Monday's This Morning and Sunday’s Face the Nation), King never once mentioned Northam’s other controversy: His seeming support for infanticide. Instead, King, a Democratic donor, touted the Governor’s refusal to quit: “I marvel that you're still standing when so many people have said, 'You got to go, and you got to go now.' I'm thinking, either he's got a lot of confidence, or he's just a little crazy.”