CBS, NBC Skip VA Official Mocking Returning Veterans Who Commit Suicide

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The Indianapolis Star reported on Monday that it had obtained emails from an employee at the Indianapolis VA hospital who mocked returning combat veterans who were facing mental health issues and committed suicide. On Monday night, both the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley and NBC Nightly News failed to cover this story.

In contrast, ABC’s World News Tonight offered a full, one-minute-and-33-second segment on the story that anchor David Muir described as “stunning” and involved “[a] manager now accused of making fun of the very veterans she and her team were supposed to be helping when they returned from war.”