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On Tuesday, the State Department released new figures on how many Americans were still trapped in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and how many more Americans and lawful citizens were rescued post-U.S. withdrawal than originally disclosed to the American people. But that evening, it was a subject that was of no interest to the liberal broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) who combined for over four minutes (4:06) of coverage on holiday shipping and carrier deadlines.
Of course, it was left up to Fox News to get the word out despite the story being a major topic of discussion during the press briefing.
“The Biden administration now says there are fewer than a dozen Americans remaining in Afghanistan who wanted to leave,” announced Special Report anchor Bret Baier to kick off the newscast. “But there is confusion over how many were initially stranded after the U.S. military withdrawal as opposed to what was said publicly by administration officials at the time.”
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