Networks Refuse to Explain Why They Didn’t Cover Grieving Gold Star Parents’ Testimony to Congress – By Craig Bannister (CNS News) / Aug 22, 2023
Given a week to reply, the presidents of ABC, NBC and CBS have refused to respond to Media Research Center (MRC) Founder and President Brent Bozell’s letter asking why they didn’t cover the testimony of Gold Star parents who lost loved ones in President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.
On August 7, family members of the 13 U.S. service members who were killed by a suicide bomber at Kabul Airport in 2021 testified to Congress that the Biden Administration was stonewalling their requests for answers regarding the tragedy. Demanding accountability, they called for the resignations of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley.
But, as NewsBusters reports, the three broadcast networks didn’t cover the event, choosing to focus their reporting on other issues, such as a lottery:
“Instead of covering the hearing, ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News wasted airtime by covering the Mega Millions lottery numbers (ABC), the anti-American women’s soccer team losing in the World Cup (CBS), and another update on an investigation into a plastic plant fire (NBC).”
