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NBC Skips Big Win for Second Amendment, Hypes Bigfoot Reality Show Instead
Scott Whitlock
January 8, 2014
Both ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS This Morning on Tuesday covered a big win for the Second Amendment in the courts. But NBC’s Today couldn’t make time for the ruling by a federal judge that struck down Chicago’s ban on retail gun sales. Instead, the morning show devoted almost five minutes to a new reality show about the mythological Bigfoot monster.
Good Morning America’s Josh Elliott explained, “A federal judge has struck down Chicago’s ban on gun sales, calling it unconstitutional…Chicago’s murder rate was the highest in the nation last year.” [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Over on This Morning, Charlie Rose informed viewers that “[U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang] says banning the sale of firearms in Chicago is unconstitutional. He’s not convinced it helps with gun violence.”
This Morning only allowed 14 seconds to the topic. GMA managed a scant 17 seconds. But the two networks combined total of 31 seconds was still more than Today’s complete blackout. (The previous evening’s NBC Nightly News also ignored the decision.)
Source: http://theppf.webs.com/apps/blog/show/40559775
