[See NewsBusters for more.] ABC and NBC on Monday and Tuesday ignored an obvious potential conflict of interest for Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The liberal justice told the New York Times that she “can’t imagine Donald Trump as our president” and had nice words for Hillary Clinton. (It must be pointed out that Ginsburg was appointed by Bill Clinton.) Only CBS This Morning on Monday bothered to cover the story — and that was for a scant 20 seconds. Co-host Gayle King recounted that Ginsburg has “blunt comments about Donald Trump.” Without any judgment, King quickly explained, “She said she cannnot imagine what the country would be under a Trump presidency. Ginsburg believes that her late husband would have said this: ‘Now it's time for us to move to New Zealand.’”
