Over the weekend, Kansas State lawmakers and other officials started receiving “suspicious” and “cryptic” letters containing an unknown white power at their homes, at least one featured the name of a dead trans person. Key to the mystery was the fact they seemed to be sent exclusively to Republicans. Since the story broke on Saturday, neither CBS nor NBC has dedicated a single second of airtime to the threatening letters. Meanwhile, ABCs ran four reports but mentioned the political affiliations of the recipients only once.
Instead of covering the disturbing threat against Republicans, on Monday, CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today each spent time still talking about the indictment of former President Trump. CBS also whined about West Virginia’s attempt to get people vaccinated for COVID and NBC hyped King Charles’s birthday. They didn’t touch the story all weekend long.
In sharp contrast, ABC had dedicated airtime on four airings of its flagship newscasts: Saturday’s World News Tonight, Sunday’s Good Morning America and World News Tonight, and Monday’s GMA.
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