ABC, CBS Hype ‘Growing Backlash’ Against North Carolina

[See NewsBusters for more.] Both ABC and CBS on Wednesday hyped the “growing backlash” against North Carolina in the wake of the state’s law that stops localities from adding ordinances protecting gay rights. Highlighting the effort against the socially conservative effort, CBS This Morning’s Gayle King promoted, “More than 80 business leaders released a yesterday calling for a repeal of the measure. They include Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, And Apple's Tim Cook. North Carolina's largest corporation, that's Bank of America, also tweeted it wants a repeal.” She also featured a clip from an ACLU representative who declared, “This law is simply about discrimination.” Unlike the reporters at ABC, who just allowed just a news brief, CBS reporter Mark Strassmann offered context: “But the law's chief defender, the state's governor, insist the real issue is privacy rights and calls criticism a vicious nationwide smear campaign.”