ABC & NBC Ignore Carjacking of Congresswoman, CBS Gives Just 24 Seconds

A report by the Chicago Tribune claims that Kimberly Lightford (an Illinois Senator) was kidnapped by three mask-wearing suspects Tuesday evening. Fox 32 News. Next day, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon was also robbed at gunpoint at F.D.R. Park is Philadelphia. Apparently, none of the three broadcast evening newscasts thought these stories deserved to be covered in depth.

CBS Evening News The only night network newscast that covered the carjacking attempt on Congresswoman Scanlon lasted only twenty-four seconds.

According to CBS Evening NewsJamie Yuccas is the fill-in host. Congresswoman Scanlon stole her Acura 2017 and her private cell phone.

Today, the surge in crime is making it difficult for a U.S. Congresswoman to function. F.D.R. two men carjacked Mary Gay Scanlon at gunpoint. Park, Philadelphia. Her injuries were not serious. But the robbers stole her 2017 Acura and her I.D., as well as her private and government cell phone, purse, and personal cellphones. This year, Philadelphia saw more than 500 homicides.

CBS didn’t mention Senator Lightford being carjacked. She was not mentioned by any network. Fox News was the only one to mention her. Special ReportBoth attacks were mentioned:

Kimberly Lightfoot Ford, Illinois State Senator (sic), and her husband were the victims of an armed carjacking in suburban Chicago last night. Lightford was in the area. According to police, multiple shots were fired. However, no one was seriously hurt. In the meantime, police say that Mary Gay Scanlon from south Philadelphia was the victim in a second carjacking. According to police, Scanlon was walking towards her car when two men approached her and demanded her keys.

ABC? NBC? There was not one mention. It would seem that the broadcasts of these networks would provide this coverage. However, this was not the case.

Instead, some of the networks spent precious airtime on a missing three-year-old girl in Texas (CBS), weather reports in the Bay Area (CBS), Christmas lights (ABC), and a local Florida police department’s search for a young boy who sent an officer money in a thank you card (NBC).

Although these stories matter to their local communities, they don’t have any national implications. National news channels like ABC, NBC, or CBS should be covering stories with national consequences. 

NBC & ABC’s failure to cover these latest instances of skyrocketing crime in American cities was made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from QuickBooksNBC SalonpasABC. The link below will take you to their contact information so that you can inform them about the bias news they are funding.

Below are the transcripts for both segments.

CBS Evening News 
12/22/2021
6:41:27pm

JAMIE YUCCAS – Tonight’s victim is a U.S. Congresswoman. F.D.R. two men robbed Mary Gay Scanlon of her representative status. Park, Philadelphia. Her injuries were not serious. However, the robbers took her Acura 2017, her personal and government cellphones, purse and I.D. This year, Philadelphia saw more than 500 homicides.

Fox News Channel Special Report 
12/22/2021
6:24:56pm 

BRET BAIER: Kimberly Lightfoot Ford, Illinois State Senator (sic), and her husband were the victims of an armed carjacking in suburban Chicago last night. Lightford was in the area. According to police, multiple shots were fired. However, no one was seriously hurt. In the meantime, police say that Mary Gay Scanlon from south Philadelphia was the victim in a second carjacking. According to police, Scanlon was walking towards her car when two men approached her and demanded her keys.