Nets Give Seconds to Botched NYC Ballot Count, 13x to Trump Org. Charges

Nicholas Fondacaro | June 30, 2021
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New York City’s Democratic Primary was an absolute debacle yet again as the board of election somehow included over 130,000 “sample test” ballots in their preliminary update. Seemingly because this embarrassment happened in their own backyard and to their party, the Wednesday evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC really didn’t want anything to do with the story. Instead, they chose to hype the pending indictment of the Trump Organization and its CFO.

CBS Evening News was the only newscast that evening to give the story any airtime with a whopping 17 seconds. This was a regression from their morning newscasts where ABC was the only outlet to ignore it, and for CBS who gave the story 32 seconds. NBC’s Today gave New York’s botched count 31 seconds.

“Early results in New York City's Democratic primary for mayor are being questioned tonight after a botched ballot county,” announced CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell during her fleeting news brief. “The city's board of elections says it accidentally included about 135,000 test results in Tuesday's vote count. Updated results released tonight now show Eric Adams with a slim lead.”

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