The shocking report that the economy contracted more than anticipated in the first quarter was ignored by ABC, CBS, and NBC morning news stations.
On May 26, the Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed that GDP contracted 1.5 percent in the last year. This is worse than Dow Jones’ estimate of a tightening of 1.3 percent. The result even beat the U.S. government’s own estimate of a 1.4 percent drop in GDP released last month. CNBC said the GDP pullback represented “the worst quarter since the pandemic-scarred Q2 of 2020 in which the U.S. fell into a recession spurred by a government-imposed economic shutdown to battle Covid-19.”
For Americans already suffering from worsening inflation and an energy crisis, this was a significant development. But ABC’s Good Morning America, CBS MorningsAnd NBC’s Today Today’s Third HourThe May 26th broadcast of the BBC’s GDP News received zero coverage.
Instead, they presented viewers with a flood of cute content. GMA spent precious seconds on an interview with British actress Camilla Luddington to celebrate the 400th episode of the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. CBS had time for an interview with another star of Grey’s Anatomy fame, Jesse Williams. Over at NBC, TodayLong farewell to fellow liberal talk host Ellen DeGeneres Today’s Third Hour Tested an eco-friendly vegan recipe.
GMA The May 26 broadcast featured GDP news zilch coverage. GDP, in fact, was not mentioned once — not even in the network’s moving news chyron. Luddington instead described her “dream scenario” for the ending of Grey’s Anatomy. “Can we be on a beach? It feels like so many disasters have occurred. We can all just survive, with a drink. That’s what I want, a cocktail on the beach. That’s what I’ll pitch next,” Luddington cheerfully said. “You are a delight,” host Robin Roberts crowed back.
CBS Mornings also neglected reporting on serious economic news to gush over Jesse Williams, another actor on Grey’s Anatomy. CBS Mornings anchors celebrated Williams for his debut role in the Broadway play “Take Me Out,” where the actor plays a baseball player who comes out as gay to his teammates. This is the CBS MorningsSegment lasted a staggering 456 seconds.
NBC’s Today Today’s Third HourThey were even worse. NBC’s Today spent roughly 150 seconds bidding farewell to DeGeneres and her talk show, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” NBC News correspondent Joe Fryer described the cultural importance of DeGeneres: “Many fans first met Ellen in the 90s on her sitcom where she uttered those two famous words, ‘I’m gay,’” DeGeneres said. The clip was from the 90s sitcom, “Ellen.”
NBC’s 3rd Hour of Today showed off the “Climate Hero Super Cake.” The cake was “made with an animal-free whey protein, meaning it’s vegan and bioidentical to dairy.”
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Conservatives under attackCall ABC News (818) 460-7777, CBS News (212 975-3247), and NBC News (212 664 64192 to hold them responsible for not providing coverage on the GDP report to their viewers.
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