After 2017 Elections, Nets Cheered the 'Lifting' of Spirits for Dems

Scott Whitlock | November 3, 2021
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[See NewsBusters for more.] After the 2017 New Jersey and Virginia elections, where Democrats swept to victory, the networks the next day delighted in a “stinging rebuke” that “lifted” the spirts of Democrats. Four years later on Wednesday, as Republicans won in deep-blue Virginia and hold a lead in very deep blue New Jersey, ABC, CBS and NBC again tried to focus the results back on Donald Trump. But on November 8, 2017, 2017, the networks were positively excited the day after big wins for Democrats in the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s race, enthusing over how this “stinging rebuke” would “lift a damaged party’s spirit.” On that day's CBS This Morning, then-co-host Norah O’Donnell sounded less like a journalist and more like a therapist. She cheered, “One year after President Trump’s election, voters in Virginia and New Jersey go big for Democrats. Their candidates win easy victories and lift a damaged party's spirit.” CBS promoted the Democratic success for five minutes and 11 seconds. 

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