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With a video trying to tie President Trump to white supremacists, former Vice President Joe Biden threw his hat into the 2020 ring Thursday. That video won him the praise of the liberal media as both CBS and NBC kicked off their evening news broadcasts with his announcement. Each of the Big Three networks boasted about the video while downplaying his inappropriate touching scandals.
“Joe Biden is in. The former Vice President is making his third presidential run, calling the Trump presidency today ‘a threat to this nation’ unlike any he's seen in his lifetime,” announced anchor Jeff Glor at the top of CBS Evening News.
After gushing about how “Joe Biden was spotted on his beloved Amtrak train from Washington to Delaware,” CBS politics correspondent Ed O’Keefe touted how Biden’s video announcement was released in both English and Spanish.
The report lasted three minutes and 17 seconds. But only 19 seconds was given to Biden’s recent inappropriate touching scandal.
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