ABC Devotes 21 Minutes to Dancing With the Stars, 33 Seconds to Captured Christians

Scott Whitlock | February 24, 2015
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[See NewsBusters for more.] The torture and persecution of Christians by Islamic terrorists is a terribly boring subject for the networks. ABC's Good Morning America offered a scant 33 seconds to the kidnapping on Monday of 90 Christians from Syria by ISIS. Despite a four hour run-time, NBC's Today didn't even cover the story.  What's important for the hosts of GMA? On Tuesday, they deluged viewers with almost 21 minutes of coverage devoted to the new season of Dancing With the Stars. In comparison to the missing Christians, this is a disparity of 33-to-1. In one GMA news brief, Dan Harris explained, "ISIS fighters have reportedly kidnapped 90 Christians after storming a village in northeastern Syria."