by Curtis Houck
UPDATE, 08/09, 12:28 p.m. Eastern: Between the Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning flagship news shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC, the 331 minutes and 56 seconds number ticked up slightly to nearly 335 minutes (344:40) on the third Trump indictment, making it 71 times larger than the time these same networks have spent in the same time period (the evening of August 1 through the morning of August 9) on any and all Biden scandals.
ABC increased its tally ever so slightly to 123 minutes and 47 seconds, making it 190 times smaller than its Biden time count (39 seconds) in the same period. NBC had a small increase to 115 minutes and 44 seconds, expanding a lead over its Biden scandal mentions to an almost 82-to-1 disparity. CBS only grew by 22 seconds to 95 minutes and nine seconds, leaving the Trump vs. Biden ratio the same at 34-to-1.
The post Tuesday night continues below with an update to include disparities in each network’s Trump vs. Biden coverage.
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Since NewsBusters’s last time count on coverage of the third Trump indictment across the flagship morning and evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC, the number exploded to over five hours at roughly 332 minutes (331:56) from the evening of August 1 (when the indictment was unveiled) through the morning of August 8.
This new total — which last stood Friday morning at 162 minutes and 16 minutes — includes the addition of the Sunday morning political talk shows.
In that same time, there’s only been four minutes and 50 seconds on these same shows alluding to Hunter Biden scandals and any possible ties involving his father, President Biden. Pit these two numbers against each other and the Trump number was roughly 69 times larger (or 68.7 to be more exact).
Last time, we found the Trump coverage was 19 times larger than what was allotted to the closed-door House testimony from Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer (eight minutes and 32 seconds). Fast-forward through Tuesday morning and that ratio exploded to roughly 39 times larger (or 38.9).
Worse yet, these networks have yet to spend a single second on the allegations of bribery against now-President Biden and the Ukrainian energy company, Burisma.
ABC kept its spot for first place with over two hours of coverage (122:56), including an astounding 42 minutes on This Week. In contrast, their Biden scandal number was 189 times smaller at just 39 seconds (and 25 times smaller when compared to the overall Biden tally).
This scant nod was thanks to 2024 GOP presidential candidate Doug Burgum invoking Hunter’s life of ruin as host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos fixated on Trump.
NBC remained in second with 114 minutes and 13 seconds versus its Biden tally of only 85 seconds (or almost an 81-to-one-split and 24-to-one for all ABC/CBS/NBC Biden coverage). The rare Biden time included this lament from NBC’s Chuck Todd about Republican “whataboutism” with Hunter vs. Trump.
Even all four of my local news corporate affiliates do the same presenting the corporate bias each night. My new rule when I tune into my local news is that I will watch until they no longer are covering a local news story. Never fails. I have to turn them off every time I try to watch any of them.
Maybe their “bias” is to favor a presentation of fact-based reality.
Yo mean like years of Trump/Russia (nonexistent) collision?
Collusion.
they may have collided.
Collusion has been fully documented. As Mueller observed earlier, collusion isn’t a statutory crime.
Read the Senate Intelligence Committee report detailing the extensive Russian interaction with the Trump campaign and the active measures Russia took to aid Trump’s election.
Yes, it was. The collusion between Hillary and the Russians. The collusion between Durbin, Leahy and Menedez and Ukrainians to try and get dirt on Trump.
No one can cite a single thing the Russians did that had any influence on the campaign. The FBI’s interference in the 2020 campaign was far worse and the DOJ’s interference in the 2024 campaign is off the charts.
The Senate Intelligence Committee cited plenty. Read the damn report.
That would be the DEMOCRAT led Senate Intelligence Committe, Comrade. It was playing to gullible idiots like you.
The report was issued by the Republican-majority 116th Senate. The committee was controlled by Republicans.
Like what? Give me a f**king example of some Russian interference (aside from Hillary). Show me what they got for their $150,000.
Meanwhile, idiot Biden is compromised by Russia, Ukraine, China, Kazakstan and probably Iran (get a load of THAT stupid deal!)
Why should I give you examples? The facts are in the report. Read the damn thing.
Because you have a solid reputation for lying. Fact is, there was NO significant Russian interference other than what Hillary brought in and NOTHING compared to the FBI’s interference in 2020.
Read the report. I didn’t write it. The Republican-majority 116th Senate’s intelligence committee wrote it.
That was their first draft before they got more of the evidence that was being suppressed by Schiff. In the end, they concluded Trump colluded with no one and committed no crimes. So, you provide no examples because there ARE no examples. However, we have ample evidence that idiot Biden is the most corrupt person, perhaps, that we have ever seen in government.
This is why liberals are consistently ignorant of reality. That’s not always meant as an insult, as ignorance can be through no fault of their own; it is difficult to find facts and truth amid all the propaganda the majority of the media spreads. But there are those, some who appear here time and time again, who we KNOW have been shown the facts yet still prefer to cling to the lies that make them feel better about their failed ideology.
There are millions of “low info’ conservatives. El Rusbo told us in ’98, “Bush Republicans are Democrats!”!
23 years ago I asked some of my “conservative” friends why they were voting for a DEMOCRAT! They replied, “I’m voting for GWB!” I said, “I ask again why’re you voting for a Democrat?”!
Most of us were “low information” until the left began actively destroying the nation. Once I discovered the destructive lies the media was spreading, I began researching things myself. Sadly, (and I truly mean that) it’s to the point where nothing the government and media says can be trusted.
We on the right may have a few Republicans who are not as conservative as we’d like, that still naively believe they can find Democrats that will cooperate for the good of the country, that put their own wealth before the good of the people, but the entire Democrat party has become that, and it is they who now hold the reins of power and the power of communication. It’s now critical that we educate ourselves and try as much as possible to put forces in DC and states that will look out for the country instead of just themselves.
AGAIN FOR EMPHASIS
“The more things change; there they stay the same!”!
“The Press” (MSM 60 years ago) has been hiding/censoring UNIPARTY crimes for 63 years.
SAMO SAMO!
…because crooked Trump was POTUS and schemes to be again, while Hunter Biden never held any public office.
But Hunter’s daddy held HIGH public office and he and idiot Biden sold access to that high public office. Idiot Biden took bribes and sold out the American people.
But, do you think that politicians’ kids should be able to graft millions of dollars and then not even have to pay taxes on it? Do you think politicians’ kids should ignore those gun control laws you pretend are so necessary? How about some answers, scooter?
08/11/23 – Trump allies face potential charges in Georgia over voting machine breaches –
If Trump survives politically, American democracy won’t. Those are the conditions HE has created. No quarter will be given.
UNLESS Trump survives politically and retakes the Presidency, this nation is doomed.
If Trump survives politically, American democracy won’t.
EXCELLENT!
I want the REPUBLIC to survive this lawless administration.
The representatives of your “republic” have been bought by wealthy special interests that don’t give a damn about the will or well being of the people.
You just described Biden and company.
It wasn’t Biden & Co that handed billionaires and powerful corporations enormous tax cuts that have sent deficits through the stratosphere.
Still reading from the same failed liars script I see. Go shopping buy a clue.
Tax Cuts Are Primarily Responsible for the Increasing Debt Ratio – Without the Bush and Trump tax cuts, debt as a percentage of the economy would be declining permanently
Sure link to a crank leftist website. Again the same liars script. Biden has been in DC for 50+ plus years and now we are seeing how his family has benefited from foreign money and skirted taxes to boot. Yet I’m supposed to believe Trump was president for just 4 years and he is the issue of all that’s wrong. Nope not buying it.
I noticed long ago that any source not on the Trump cult’s Approved Source List falls into that category.
No, you just need to find sources outside the Ministry of Propaganda. Anyone that ignores the impact of the trillions spent on totally un-regulated “COVID aid” pushed by Pelosi is certainly not to given serious consideration. When the tax cuts INCREASED tax revenues it certainly can’t be blamed for increasing deficits.
The one corporation you do love is the big government corporation run by and for the benefit of Democrats.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/08/joe_bidens_solyndra_bus_to_nowhere.html
I’m sure that like Solyndra, all the Democrat investors had time to get their investments safely out before the taxpayers took it right up the ass… again.
By 2006, despite two recessions (one gifted by Clinton and one caused by 9/11), Bush had deficits coming down. Only Carter’s Community Reinvestment Act brought that to an end. Both tax cuts INCREASED tax revenues, not decrease.
Everyone got tax cuts, except for the Biden’s, who refuse to pay any taxes on their bribes and graft. And tax revenues increased, so the problem was spending, not taxes.
Democracy died during the Obama administration. He finished what Woodrow Wiilson started, FDR continued and Obama completed.
The Democrats in Georgia, coordinating with the Democrats in NYC and the DOJ, are no less corrupt.