Drive-By Media: ABC, NBC Take Shots at Texas Election Integrity Bill

Nicholas Fondacaro | May 30, 2021
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Late conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh made the phrase “drive-by media” famous. And a prime example of that part of the liberal media’s nature showed up during the Sunday newscasts of ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Sunday Today, where they provided ZERO information on a new Texas election integrity bill;  but yet they parroted President Biden by calling it “un-American” and an “assault on democracy.”

For ABC’s part, co-anchor Whit Johnson spent a measly 28 seconds on the proposed law. But it was all the time he needed to smear it:

We move to politics now, and Republican lawmakers in Texas trying to beat a midnight deadline tonight to pass what would be some of the toughest voting restrictions in the country. Known as State Bill 7, it's expected to eliminate drive-through voting and cut back on voting on Sundays when many black churchgoers also vote.

Adding: “Republicans insist the move is to address voter concerns about election security. President Biden calling the bill ‘un-American’ and ‘part of an assault on democracy.’"

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