CBS, NBC Refuse to Cover Sex Scandal of Lincoln Project Co-Founder

Nicholas Fondacaro | February 2, 2021
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On Sunday, The New York Times dropped a disturbing report featuring the accounts of 21 men who accused anti-Trump Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver of sending them “unsolicited and sexually provocative messages,” with one saying he was 14 years old when he was first contacted. And despite promoting the group, and Weaver’s admission, CBS and NBC have refused to cover the disgusting scandal all the way through their Monday evening newscasts.

Though they only covered the Weaver’s scandal Sunday night, ABC’s World News Tonight spent two and half minutes detailing some of the accounts.

“Tonight, explosive allegations against a top Republican strategist and co-founder of the anti-Trump group the Lincoln Project,” reported ABC’s Andrew Dymburt. “The New York Times reporting John Weaver, who worked on the presidential campaigns of John McCain and John Kasich, allegedly ‘Sent unsolicited and sexually provocative messages’ to young men online, sometimes offering to help them get work in politics, according to the report.”

Besides asking young men to send him “lewd photos,” Weaver arguably spent years grooming one man starting when he was 14, and growing more “sexually suggestive” once he turned 18. ABC spoke with that young man.

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