Big Three Hype Fast Food Workers' Protests; Censor SEIU's Involvement

Matthew Balan | December 5, 2013
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ABC, CBS, and NBC's morning newscasts om 5 December 2013 all spotlighted how "fast food workers across the country are holding strikes to demand higher wages", but failed to point out the involvement of left-leaning groups in organizing the protests. ABC's Good Morning America and CBS This Morning featured spokesmen from the "Fast Food Forward" movement, but didn't include their respective involvement in the SEIU and a successor organization to ACORN.

The ABC and CBS morning shows also slanted towards the protesters by a two-to-one margin in the number of soundbites from the protesters and liberal supporters, versus opponents of raising the minimum wage. While NBC's Today didn't feature any of the protest organizers, the show played three clips from a fast food employee and a protest supporter, versus two from opponents.

More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.