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For 20 minutes and 25 seconds, the entirety of their Wednesday evening airtime, that’s how much time CBS Evening News dedicated to hawking impeachment to their viewers. The time was used to gush about Democratic speeches, mock White House spin, decry the President’s anger, chide Americans unwilling to go along, and boast about the lack of impartiality from Senate Democrats running for President.
“As we come on the air, we are moments from history. For just the third time in history, the House of Representatives stands ready to impeach a president after hours of debate,” touted anchor Norah O’Donnell at the top of the program. “Our team is covering all angles of this momentous day…”
After noting impeachment would be largely a party-line vote (downplaying the bipartisan opposition), chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes hyped how “lawmakers have been invoking the founders, the bible, even World War II, to try to convey just how significant this is.”
In the second segment, a report on President Trump’s reaction to the day’s debate, White House correspondent Paula Reid appeared to enjoy Trump’s anger and mock the White House’s “spin”:
Sources inside the White House say the President is upset his legacy will now be tarnished by impeachment and his name will forever be linked with the last president ever to be impeached, Bill Clinton. But the President's advisers tried to spin a different story.
After a report about how Trump was likely to rail against impeachment at a rally in Michigan, O’Donnell spoke with chief White House correspondent Major Garret and Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan.
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