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In a statement to the press Tuesday, President Trump revealed the United States was in high-level talks directly with the North Korean government and had given the okay for South Korea to negotiate an official end to the decades-long state of war. These were major developments on the world stage but the evening broadcasts of ABC, CBS and Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo flat out ignored them. Only NBC Nightly News thought it was importing enough to inform their viewers about.
“There is breaking news from President Trump tonight at a critical meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida. The President revealing that high-level talks have begun between the U.S. and North Korea,” announced anchor Lester Holt at the start of the segment.
As NBC Chief White House correspondent Hallie Jackson explained, the talks between the U.S. and North Korea were a “milestone” because it was the first time the two countries have spoken that way in “nearly two decades.”
“Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un face to face, maybe in May or June, the President says. As he confirms high-level direct talks happening now with the North Korean regime,” she reported. “No North Korean leader has ever met with a sitting U.S. president. So, if Donald Trump does, it would be a major milestone.” Even though it was a historic moment, Jackson had a lot to complain about.
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