President What’s-His-Face? Nets Devote Seconds to Biden’s Afghanistan Bungling as Taliban Takes Over

Scott Whitlock | August 12, 2021
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[See NewsBusters for more.] In the last 24 hours, the Taliban has swept through major parts of Afghanistan, taking their tenth major city. And while the networks all gave that substantial coverage on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, one person was mostly missing: Joe Biden. The evening newscasts and morning shows barely mentioned the President of the United States, just 28 seconds. But only Wednesday’s World News Tonight offered an actual question to Joe Biden -- the guy responsible for pulling out all troops – during coverage: