On Tuesday evening, Senator Marsha Blackburn asked Ketanji Jackson, a Biden Supreme Court nominee to be able to define “woman” during her confirmation hearings. Proving how woke she is, Jackson said she couldn’t define the word because she isn’t a biologist. Although shocking, this was the truth. NBC Nightly NewsIt was broadcast. With ABC’s World News Tonight CBS Evening NewsThe whole issue is ignored.
Instead of airing Blackburn’s question during their roundup of the hearings, CBS’s Norah O’Donnell opened the segment by whining about how the day was filled with “Republicans attacking her record, and Democrats defending her character.” O’Donnell also made sure to mention once again that these were “historic confirmation hearings for the first black woman nominated to the Supreme Court.”
ABC’s World News TonightRachel Scott, a congressional correspondent, blasted that Republicans had once been so obnoxious. “again going after this historic nominee”We bemoaned the incompetence of the Republican Senators who were on the committee “singularly focused” on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s judicial record of giving light sentences to people “convicted of possessing or sharing child pornography.”
Despite their kvetching, neither ABC nor CBS bothered to air Judge Jackson’s inability to define the word woman.
To their credit NBC Nightly News did air this exchange, with Peter Alexander as chief White House correspondent introducing the segment. “a second straight day Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson facing heated questions from Republicans charging she is soft on crime.”
Alexander then broadcast the whole exchange between Blackburn & Jackson.
SENATOR MARY BLACKBURN: Could you give a definition of the term woman?
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: Can I provide a definition?
BLACKBURN: Yeah.
JACKSON: No. I can’t.
BLACKBURN: You can’t?
JACKSON: In this context, no. JACKSON: I’m not a biologist. There is no way to know what a person means by a term.
ABC & CBS were obviously too embarrassed to inform their viewers that Biden’s Supreme Court nominee either didn’t know or refused to answer what a woman is.
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ABC’s World News Tonight
3/23/2022
Eastern at 6:39 p.m.RACHEL SOTT: The Senate Republicans will again be going after this historical nominee tonight. Their focus is almost solely on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sentencing records for those convicted of sharing or possessing child sexual material. Texas Senator Ted Cruz is completing individual cases for the second consecutive day.
CBS Evening News
3/23/2022
Eastern at 6:39 p.m.NORAH O’DONNELL: Let’s turn now to the historic confirmation hearings for the first black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Today saw Republicans attacking her records and Democrats supporting her character. Jan Crawford, CBS News’ chief legal correspondent is here.
NBC Nightly News
3/23/2022
Eastern: 7:09 p.m.LESTER HOLT – Washington: Last day of questions to Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Peter Alexander’s late details are available.
PETER ALEXANDER – Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is facing intense questions from Republicans for the second day, as they claim she is too soft on crime.
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ALEXANDER
SENATOR MASHA BLACKBURN (Can you define the word “woman”?
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: Can I provide a definition?
BLACKBURN: Yeah.
JACKSON: No. I can’t.
BLACKBURN: You can’t?
JACKSON: In this context, no. JACKSON: I’m not a biologist. There is no way to know what a person means by a term.
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