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In addition to hosting the Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on Monday, President Trump spoke numerous times about the rescue and recovery efforts underway in the State of Texas following the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. But during NBC Nightly News, the network didn’t really want to bother with all of that, so they chose to focus on hammering him for his controversial pardon of former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
NBC only ran one story about the President that totaled two minutes and 14 seconds of air time. Of that time, over half, one minute and 14 seconds were spent on Trump’s pardon. And with that, the remaining minute was spent on Trump’s reassurances and actions in Texas. But, 21 seconds of that minute was spent criticizing Trump for planning the visit the state on Tuesday, which was too soon in the network’s opinion.
“Even while the hurricane battered the Texas coast late Friday, President Trump created a storm of his own by pardoning controversial former sheriff Joe Arpaio,” stated White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson. “The President clearly prepared to defend the move today pulling from his suit pocket a list of other presidential pardons and commutations.”
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