ABC Boosts 'Fast and Furious' Car Chase, Omits Gunrunning Scandal News

Matthew Balan | April 8, 2016
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

On 8 April 2016, the Big Three networks' evening newscasts gave a collective yawn at the latest development in the Obama administration's Fast and Furious scandal: the White House "turning over to lawmakers thousands of pages of records" related to the gunrunning debacle to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. ABC's World News Tonight actually used the "Fast and Furious" phrase at the top of the program, but not in reference to the controversy. Instead, they mentioned it as they teased a full report on the latest police chase from Los Angeles.

 

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