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On Thursday, the chairman of the California Democratic Party, Eric Bauman resigned the position after allegations of sexual misconduct arose last week. The accusations were serious, with the state party vice chairman leading the charge for Bauman’s outer. But from when the story first broke last Saturday to Bauman’s resignation, the broadcast network’s (ABC, CBS, and NBC) couldn’t be bothered to report any of it during their morning or evening news programs.
This wasn’t the first time the broadcast networks had ignored or downplayed sexual misconduct allegations for the Democrats. Back in May, they spent a combined 13 minutes on a Stormy Daniels story and paid zero attention to Democratic Congressman Tony Cardenas (again from California), who was accused of fondling a then 16-year-old girl while she was being transported to a hospital for medical treatment.
In other examples, the networks ID’ed Missouri Governor Eric Greitens as a GOP “rising star” that fell to Earth when the allegations against him broke, but didn’t like labeling current-inmate and former Congressman Anthony Weiner as a Democrat. ABC also failed to label former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as a Democrat when he was accused of beating his girlfriends. But where they failed on Thursday, Fox News Channel filled in the gap.
“Bauman announced his decision late this afternoon, just hours after Governor-elect Gavin Newsom called for him to step aside,” reported Fox News anchor Bret Baier during Thursday’s Special Report. “Bauman released a statement saying he’s come to the realization that resigning is in everyone's best interest including those he may have caused pain and for the good of the Democratic Party.”
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