See more in the cross-post on the NewsBusters blog.
After providing minimal coverage of former Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry’s 2016 announcement on Thursday night, ABC and NBC moved on from the story all together with zero mentions of Perry or the 2016 campaign on their Friday morning newscasts.
While those network programs failed to cover Perry, their late night comedy shows from the night before didn’t as they spent plenty of time mocking Perry over his intelligence and eating of a corn dog back in 2011.