Unhinged: ABC, CBS Declare It ‘Understandable’ to See Firing as Trump’s Watergate

[See NewsBusters for more.] ABC and CBS on Wednesday went into full panic mode on Wednesday, seeing Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey as a crisis comparable to Richard Nixon during the darkest days of Watergate. With dramatic music, Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos parroted, “Now, calls for a special prosecutor to take over the Russia investigation. Democrats compare this to Watergate.” Co-host Robin Roberts turned to liberal journalist Cokie Roberts to push this hyperbolic narrative: “As our resident historian, put this into context for us. Because some are comparing it to Watergate.” Of course, she agreed, declaring, “Well, that's understandable that people are comparing it to Watergate because, of course, what happened there is that President Nixon fired the special prosecutor because he was getting too close.”