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Four years ago Monday (June 14), a leftist extremist who was a fan of Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow carried out a mass assassination attempt against Republican lawmakers in Alexandria, Virginia as they practiced for the congressional baseball game. It was a heinous act that the FBI had only just gotten around to calling domestic terrorism, but it was of no interest to the anti-Republican broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC (morning and evening).
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, CNN tried to muddy the waters on the shooter’s motive.
Instead of covering the anniversary on Monday, their evening newscasts covered more frivolous topics like CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News gushing about a Pekingese winning best in show. ABC talked about the weather. On Tuesday, all three of the networks talked about the weather and the heatwave in the western United States.
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