ABC Notices Booker's History of 'Embellishing the Truth to Gain Favor'

[See NewsBusters for more.] Though Cory Booker has a long history of distortions and making things up, two of the three networks on Friday avoided this inconvenient fact while hyping the Democrat’s just announced presidential bid. Only ABC’s Good Morning America mentioned Booker’s tendency towards “embellishing” the truth. GMA reporter Tom Llamas highlighted Booker’s resume and background as a Rhodes scholar. But he also reminded of Booker: “Critics say he, at times, has embellished the truth to gain favor, including earlier in his political career when he referenced a person he called an alleged drug dealer.”