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Wednesday marked the continuation of the near total blackout of the corruption trial of Democratic New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez by the Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC). While none of the networks covered the trail, which was in the middle of jury deliberations, CBS Evening News thought it was a priority to run a 44 Second news brief mocking President Trump for drinking from a bottle of water while in the middle of a long speech.
A recent study by the Media Research Center found that since the Menendez trial began on September 9, CBS had only spent 22 seconds talking about it during CBS This Morning, while CBS Evening News had not touched the trial at all during that time. That meant CBS News had spent twice as much time in one evening reporting on Trump drinking from a bottle of water than they had in the 70 days since the trial began.
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