NBC Omits Defense Dept. Finding Hillary E-Mails; ABC and CBS Minimize

Matthew Balan | September 25, 2015
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

The 25 September 2015 edition of NBC Nightly News failed to cover how the Defense Department revealed earlier in the day that they found an "email chain that Hillary Clinton did not give to the State Department, as a Reuters report put it. Mrs. Clinton exchanged the e-mails with then-General David Petraeus between January and February of 2009.Anchor Lester Holt did air a 16-second news brief on the other "big news from Washington" – Michelle Obama and the first lady of China revealing the name of the panda cub at the National Zoo.

ABC's World News Tonight and CBS Evening News both gave news briefs on the development in the e-mail investigation, which together lasted a total of 43 seconds of air time.

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