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On Wednesday, The New York Times published a scathing op-ed trashing President Trump written by an anonymous senior White House official (or so the paper claims). The author pompously painted them self as part of a secret superhero team in the White House keeping the wildly unstable President from harming us all. Of course, the liberal media went absolutely bonkers for it. During the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and, NBC, they spent almost 15 minutes combined pushing the writer’s claims.
In all, the three networks spent 14 minutes and 44 seconds on the anonymous editorial. ABC’s World News Tonight spent the most time at five minutes and 48 seconds. CBS Evening News clocked in at four minutes and 44 seconds. NBC Nightly News brought up the rear with four minutes and 12 seconds.
The reasons ABC’s ONE segment on the op-ed lasted the longest was due to the fact that chief White House correspondent Jon Karl seemed to be reading the entire essay to viewers. If it was an incendiary claim, he seemed to make sure to repeat it. In the transcript below is a sample of Karl’s long-winded read-a-long.
“The unnamed official offers a devastating portrayal of Trump the president,” he noted before reading:
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