Nets Gift 16 Minutes to Anti-Trump Book, ZERO to Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

Nicholas Fondacaro | September 9, 2020
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It was easy to tell the broadcast networks were in full campaign mode on Wednesday seeing as they spent large chunks of their evening newscasts hawking yet another anti-Trump book, Rage by Bob Woodward. But while they spent over 16 minutes (16:26) up in arms over something President Trump said publicly back in April, they used it to cover-up how the President was nominated by a member of the Norwegian Parliament for a Nobel Peace Prize, for his work in the Israel-UAE peace deal.

CBS Evening News dedicated by far the most time to the book, over seven minutes (7:08) between three different segments, with one just about Joe Biden’s reaction. Next, was ABC’s World News Tonight with over five minutes (5:09), and NBC Nightly News brought up the rear with over four minutes (4:09).

In the time they dedicated to Woodward’s book and his “blockbuster recordings,” the liberal news outlets boasted how the “revelations” were “threatening to upend his reelection campaign,” as CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell did there. The effect was to make it seem like Trump had lied about the seriousness of the virus, and thus was the murderer of over 180,000 Americans.

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