CBS Skimps: Allows 10 Seconds on Own Poll Showing Majority Approval for Trump on Corona

[See NewsBusters for more.] CBS This Morning on Tuesday mostly ignored the findings of its own poll on the coronavirus and the government’s handling of it. The network allowed a scant 10 seconds to the news that a majority, 53 percent, approve of the President’s response. Relegated to online is the news that more Americans trust Donald Trump to given information than the media itself. In total, the morning show allowed just 19 seconds on CBS’s own poll. Co-host Gayle King opened the show with this bit of data from the poll: “A new CBS news poll says three quarters of Americans, 72 percent believe it will take months or longer for this virus to be contained.” A few minutes later, co-host Tony Dokoupil briefly offered this information: “We want to get you more on a new CBS poll while most Americans do not think the Trump administration was prepared for the coronavirus pandemic, 53% do approve of the way the President is handling it.”