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Following Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, the left had grown more brazen and would openly proclaim their radical beliefs and tout such tactics. With calls for the abandonment of civility and the apparent encouragement of violence, one would think it deserved some form of critical airtime from the media. But since the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were in the tank for the Democrats, they didn’t think it was newsworthy Wednesday evening.
While the networks did spend most of their Wednesday broadcasts reporting on Hurricane Michael tearing through the Florida panhandle, they did find time for other news stories but none of them touched on the extreme rhetoric. They all covered the stock market slipping, while barely covering its historic increases up until that point. ABC and NBC huffed about Trump going to a campaign rally. And NBC worried about Sears being on the brink of bankruptcy.
In contrast, Fox News Channel’s Special Report did manage to find time to address the Democrats’ radical proclamations.
“President Trump warning Americans that if Democrats win big in next month's midterm elections, the country will move dangerously close, he says, to radical socialism,” announced anchor Bret Baier. “It's part of what has become something of a ‘fighting the extremists’ strategy for this president and his party to try to maintain control of the House in the Senate.”
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