NBC Ignores Protests in Hong Kong; CBS and ABC Cover, But Won't Label Chinese Govt. Communist

Matthew Balan | July 2, 2014
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

NBC's morning and evening newscasts have yet to cover the 1 July 2014 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. That day, ABC's World News labeled the demonstration "one of the largest marches in Hong Kong's history" during an 18-second news brief, but failed to mention that the communist Chinese government was the target of the participants. The network's morning show, Good Morning America, has yet to devote any air time to the protest.

Seth Doane filed a two-minute report about the march on the 2 July 2014 edition of CBS Evening News. But like his peers at ABC, Doane omitted describing the "central government" in Beijing as communist.