[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown was indicted on 24 federal charges on Friday related to a "fraudulent education charity," as CNN.com put it on 8 July 2016. However, viewers of CNN's on-air coverage, as well as those who watch MSNBC and the Big Three networks' morning and evening newscasts, would know nothing of this indictment, as these TV outlets have yet to cover it, as of the morning of 11 July 2016. Meanwhile, NBC Nightly News aired a full report on a new exhibit at a Philadelphia museum; while ABC's GMA devoted a full report on Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda's final appearance in the play.
Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends aired news briefs on the Rep. Brown story during each of its three hours on 9 July 2016. The following morning, on the FNC morning newscast, Howard Kurtz and Tucker Carlson discussed the lack of media coverage of the case. Kurtz zeroed in on how two of the largest newspapers in the country covered (or not covered) the criminal indictment:
