ABC Ignores 5 p.m. GOP Debate in 2016 Coverage; CBS Omits Fiorina’s Line on Trump/Bill Clinton

Curtis Houck | August 6, 2015
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On Thursday’s network evening programs, ABC’s World News Tonight was the only newscast to make no mention of the 5:00 p.m. debate between the bottom seven Republican presidential contenders ahead of the 9:00 p.m. event featuring the top ten candidates. In addition, the CBS Evening News skipped Carly Fiorina’s attack on fellow candidate Donald Trump for his phone call with Bill Clinton. 

Instead, ABC devoted its three minutes and 54 seconds of coverage to the lead debate and the front-runner in Trump. Correspondent Tom Llamas was there as Trump landed in Cleveland, asking him if it was “true you did not prepare” for the debate to which the billionaire responded that had “been preparing all my life.”

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