SHOCK: NBC Scrutinizes Facebook’s Trump Ban, Focuses on Criticisms

Nicholas Fondacaro | May 5, 2021
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While their competitors over on ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News used GOP infighting to muddy their reporting on the Facebook oversight board’s decision to uphold the ban on former President Trump, NBC Nightly News focused on the board’s criticisms of the social media giant and their unfair ban of the former president. In addition, nearly every soundbite senior Washington correspondent Hallie Jackson used chided Facebook for their ban.

In contrast to ABC and CBS, who combined their ban reports with their coverage of the push to remove Congresswoman Liz Cheney (WY) from her position in House leadership, NBC separated the two.

Jackson kicked off her report by noting Trump was still banned from Facebook “for now” as the board told the company to revisit the issue in six months and review their policy. But she also jumped on Facebook using the board’s criticism that an “indefinite suspension” was inappropriate.

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