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Well, the day the liberal media had been hoping for finally arrived on Tuesday as House Democrats released their Articles of Impeachment against President Trump. The articles were welcomed with anticipation by the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC). And despite the fact, the Articles didn’t include many of the charges Democrats said there would be, the media did their job and treated them like serious documents.
On ABC’s World News Tonight, anchor David Muir began by touting the Articles as the “historic next step in the impeachment showdown.” He did his job in echoing Democratic talking points, saying, “the President abused his powers to obtain an improper personal political benefit, betraying the nation by enlisting a foreign power and corrupting democratic elections.”
And as Muir started talking about how President Trump reacted to the Articles, an image of Trump with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov looming over his shoulder appeared on the screen. “So, how soon could he be impeached,” Muir eagerly asked as he turned the report over to senior national correspondent Terry Moran.
Moran played up the scene at the Democratic press conference announcing the Articles. He opined about how the “fateful step” was taken “under Speaker Nancy Pelosi's watchful eye.” He also helped Democrats fire back at those who said they were moving too quickly by boosting a conspiracy theory.