NBC: Florida Gubernatorial Fight Will Be 'Battle of Party Extremes'

Scott Whitlock | August 29, 2018
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[See NewsBusters for more.] All three networks on Wednesday touted the surprise win of Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. The liberal Democrat, endorsed by Bernie Sanders, advocates for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) agency. But ABC, CBS and NBC skipped this radical position. To their credit, the networks didn’t shy away from calling Gillum liberal in general. On NBC’s Today, Hallie Jackson called the candidate a “progressive Democrat” and said of the election: “The upset, the result of a late surge driven by Bernie Sanders and setting up a battle of party extremes come November.” 

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