VA Scandal
Surprise: PBS Town Hall Audience Hammers Obama on Regulations, Health Care, Veterans
See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. Wednesday night’s PBS NewsHour town hall in Elkhart, Indiana had it all with host Gwen Ifill attacking residents for not supporting President Barack...
NBC Skimps on Report V.A. Paid $142 Million in Bonuses Amid Scandal-Ridden 2014
See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. On Wednesday night, NBC Nightly News neglected to inform its viewers of a new report concerning the scandal-ridden Department of Veterans Affairs and...
AP Report Shows Backlog at VA Hasn’t Improved; Networks Fail to Cover
See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog. On Thursday night, the top English and Spanish broadcast networks made no mention of the latest surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs scandal...
ABC Allows 13 Seconds to Firing of VA Director
Despite a four-hour running time, NBC's Today on Tuesday completely ignored the latest developments in the still evolving Veterans Affairs scandal. ABC's Good Morning America and CBS This Morning...
Krauthammer: White House in Disarray
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Monica Sanchez
- October. 2. 2014
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Only CBS Highlights Latest VA Scandal Hearings
On Wednesday morning, CBS This Morning was the lone network morning show to report on the latest congressional hearing surrounding the VA scandal. Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters.
NBC Touts Obama’s Promise to Fix the VA and IG Report Despite Concerns from Whistle-Blower
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.On Tuesday evening, NBC Nightly News offered a soft news brief on the scandal-ridden Veterans Affairs (VA) Administration by promoting President...
Only CBS Evening News Covers Senate Confirming New V.A. Chief
On July 29, the Senate confirmed Robert McDonald by a vote of 97-0 to be the next Secretary of Veterans Affairs but that evening only the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley covered the story with ABC and...
NBC Omits Coverage of Agreement on VA Hospital Bill; Mentions Robots in South Korean Ballpark Instead
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.Over the weekend, leaders from the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees reached an agreement on legislation to reform the troubled Department...
ABC, CBS Ignore VA Secretary Confirmation Hearing Today; Will Networks Cover News Tonight?
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS This Morning both ignored the news Tuesday morning that President Obama’s nominee to become the next Secretary...
MRC's Bozell Laments 'Trajectory to Oblivion' in Media's Ever-Waning Interest in VA Scandal
"It's a trajectory to oblivion, and this is what's happening with every single Obama scandal to date." That's how Media Research Center founder and president Brent Bozell described the Big Three broadcast...
NBC Continues Its Blackout Of Latest VA Hearing
On Monday night, the House Veterans Affairs Committee held a highly contentious hearing featuring Allison Hickey, chief of the VA’s benefits division and VA whistleblower Kristen Ruell. Unfortunately,...
NBC Ignores VA Whistle-blower Hearing; ABC Gives News Only 23 Seconds
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blogOn Tuesday morning, NBC’s Today refused to cover the latest news in the Veterans Affairs scandal as the House Veterans Affairs Committee heard...
Amber Barno of Concerned Veterans for America on VA Scandal
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Eric Scheiner
- July. 15. 2014
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ABC, NBC Continue To Ignore Latest In VA Scandal
ABC and NBC continued their tradition of ignoring the latest controversy surrounding the Veterans Affairs department. On Monday morning, only CBS This Morning covered the news that the VA has problems...
Networks Fail to Mention VA Whistle-Blower Silencers Received $100K in Bonuses
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.During the barely two minutes of coverage they allotted to a House hearing on VA scandal whistle-blowers, ABC, CBS, and NBC on Wednesday morning...
Bill O'Reilly Uses MRC Stat to Show Liberal Media 'Subverting American Democracy'
More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog. At the top of his Wednesday show, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly denounced the liberal media for "subverting American democracy." He cited a particularly...