The three broadcast networks of ABC, NBC, and CBS took different approaches to the news that more Columbia University students have been arrested, but none of them were good. NBC portrayed visa enforcement as a “crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests,” while CBS ignored the reason for the arrest, and ABC ignored her previous protest-related arrest and, like the others, that this is not the first time she has had visa issues.
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Meanwhile, over on CBS Evening News, co-host John Dickerson provided zero information on Kordia’s history of arrest, visa cancellations, or even her name, “We learned today that another Columbia University protester has been arrested, as well, and that a third has chosen to leave the country.”
On Saturday morning’s Good Morning America, ABC’s Janai Norman likewise omitted Kordia’s name and previous arrest, “The Department of Homeland Security has arrested a second student who was involved in the protests at Columbia University. A Palestinian woman was taken into custody in New York for allegedly overstaying her visa.”
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