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Shortly before their evening newscasts Thursday, news broke that the Biden administration had approved a plan to give terrorists housed at Guantanamo Bay (including 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed) precious doses of the coronavirus vaccine ahead of most Americans. Doing their part to cover-up President Biden’s blunder, CBS has yet to report the story to viewers on any of their flagship morning and evening newscasts.
For their part, both ABC and NBC put off covering the story until the weekend, with the latter waiting until the administration dropped the plan after the backlash. The tone of both networks came off as puzzled by the original decision, rather than the disgust and condemnation they would have lobbed at former President Trump.
Between their Saturday and Sunday morning reports, ABC and NBC each gave the story less than a minute of airtime. ABC dedicated 48 seconds total (23 on Saturday and 25 on Sunday). NBC also gave it a total of 48 seconds (27 on Saturday and 21 on Sunday).
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