ABC, NBC Ignore Report Showing Obama Administration Knew About Ongoing VA Problems

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Newsbusters:

Documents obtained by the Washington Times revealed that the Bush Administration warned the Obama Administration about problems within the Veterans Administration as early as 2008, yet both the ABC and NBC evening news broadcasts ignored the story on Monday, May 19.

Of the big three networks, only the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley covered the new revelations in the VA scandal. CBS News host Scott Pelley noted that “The Bush White House was so concerned about this back in 2008 that it warned the incoming Obama Administration.”

CBS Evening News and Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier were the only evening news programs to cover the report while NBC Nightly News and ABC World News remained silent. CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett described the memo as such:

This memo prepared for president-elect Obama’s transition team by the George W. Bush administration outlined the difficulties veterans faced in obtaining timely healthcare. “The problems and causes associated with scheduling, waiting times and waiting lists are systemic.” 

It urged the Veterans Administration to “properly document desired appointment dates and ensure patient waiting times are accurate.” Failure to do so the memo warned would affect “quality of care by delaying and potentially denying deserving veterans timely care.” 

While NBC and ABC ignored the latest in the VA scandal, NBC Nightly News had time to provide a full report on the death of Gordon Willis, an American cinematographer most famous for his work in the Godfather film series. ABC World News ran a full segment on a holographic performance of Michael Jackson from Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards.

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey-meyer/2014/05/19/abc-nbc-ignore-report-showing-obama-administration-knew-about-ongoing#ixzz32DIenm9F

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Both ABC News and NBC News, especially NBC News, follow the notion the Obama administration can do no wrong. That somehow the problems the Obama administration have are the direct result of “mismanagement” by the Bush administration. They haven’t quite caught on that 2014-2009=5, in charge for five years. Moreover, they haven’t caught on that a president becomes completely responsible when the oath of office is administered. For Obama, that was on 12 noon, Jan 20, 2009.

@David: Cmon, David. Be honest. They KNOW the administration is doing wrong; otherwise, they would report on it. Therefore, they do not report (aka, covering up) the failures of this administration.