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Earlier this month, Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Biden administration used federal actions in an attempt to chill the exercise of free speech by concerned parents protesting their school boards after they were equated to domestic terrorists by the National School Boards Association. But on Thursday, Garland was held to account by Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee in a heated hearing that went unreported by the evening newscast of ABC, CBS, and NBC.
Instead of informing their viewers about the hearing in which other matters were discussed as well, ABC’s World News Tonight whined about Democratic Senators Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) not going along with their party. CBS Evening News gushed about nurses getting married. And NBC Nightly News spent 1 minute and 21 seconds fawning over a dog famous on TikTok for sleeping. All three also noted Congress voted to hold former Trump advisor Steve Bannon in contempt.
“Also breaking tonight, Attorney General Merrick Garland is in the hot seat all day on Capitol Hill, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee quizzing the AG over his recent memo targeting parents of school students over comments at school board meetings,” announced Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier on Special Report.
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