Nets Yawn at Latest IRS Hearing, Judge Threatening to Hold Koskinen, DOJ in Contempt of Court

Curtis Houck
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<p><em>See more in the <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2015/07/30/networks-yawn-l…; target="_blank">cross-post</a> on the NewsBusters blog.</em></p>

<p>The network media&rsquo;s blackout of the IRS scandal continued on Wednesday night with zero mentions of the Senate hearing held hours before as well as a threat issued by a federal judge to hold IRS commissioner John Koskinen and Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys in contempt of court concerning Lois Lerner&rsquo;s e-mails.</p>

<p>As usual, the Fox News Channel (FNC) newscast <em>Special Report</em> provided coverage that the &ldquo;big three&rdquo; of ABC, CBS, and NBC and Spanish-language networks Telemundo and Univision did not and led its Wednesday show with a full story from chief congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel.</p>

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