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With the midterm elections coming up later this year, the broadcast networks wanted nothing to do with the continued fallout from President Biden’s disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan. So much so, that they blacked out how The Washington Post released an Army report Tuesday documenting how the Biden White House and State Department actively hindered and obstructed their efforts to plan and position assets ahead of the final withdrawal deadline.
Instead of covering yet another damaging story for the Biden presidency that was sure to harm Democratic Party’s chances in November, CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News fixated on Peloton’s financial woes. And over on ABC’s World News Tonight, they whined about Starbucks not letting workers unionize and touted the Oscar nominations.
“A new Army report looking into the chaos that followed the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan shows the clear tension between top military commanders and Biden administration officials,” Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier announced during Special Report. “Senior military officials say those White House officials slowed preparations for an evacuation putting the lives of U.S. troops at greater risk.”
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