While Celebrating Bloated Infrastructure Bill, Nets Allow a Scant 16 Seconds to Inflation

[See NewsBusters for more.] Joe Biden signed the massive, bloated infrastructure bill into law on Monday. So you would think that the networks on Tuesday would talk about inflation and the impact yet more spending will have on skyrocketing prices, right? Well, no. NBC allowed a scant 16 seconds on inflation and ABC just eight seconds. CBS never mentioned inflation while discussing Biden celebrating the passage of the legislation. The grand total on Tuesday morning? 24 seconds. On NBC’s Today, Kristen Welker managed just six seconds to the actual topic of inflation. After noting that Biden wants more spending, she added, “It would pump trillions into the economy at a time when inflation is at a record high.” In a separate segment on gas prices, reporter Jo Ling Kent quickly noted this for ten seconds: “And the pain at the pump comes on top of historically high prices facing consumers across the country, from groceries to clothes to toys as inflation hits levels not seen in decades.”