Networks Run More Cain 'Scandal' Stories in a Week Than They Did Obama's Ties to Ayers, Rezko or Wright
By Noel Sheppard | November 07, 2011 | 21:19
As NewsBusters reported Monday, the broadcast network news outlets of ABC, CBS and NBC ran a total of 84 stories on the sexual harassment allegations against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain in the week following Politico publishing its hit piece.
That is more coverage than they gave to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's connections to domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, convicted real estate developer Tony Rezko, or America-hating Rev. Jeremiah Wright throughout the entire campaign.
According to LexisNexis, from February 2007 when Obama announced his candidacy to Election Day 2008, ABC ran 20 stories on Ayers, CBS did thirteen, and NBC aired 8 for a total of 41.
On Rezko, the numbers were ABC 22, and CBS and NBC both doing nine for a total of 40.
As for Wright, NBC did 31, ABC 27, and CBS 24 for a total of 82.
Add it all up, and none of Obama's scandals in over 20 months garned the attention from the networks that Cain's did in one week.
With this new allegation, it seems a metaphysical certitude that the networks' coverage of the Cain "scandal" will soon surpass their combined reports of all three of Obama's.
Exactly how do the heads of these news outlets explain this glaring disparity in coverage?
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→ O'Reilly mentions NB
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 9:22pm.
Just before this commercial break, O'Reilly mentioned NB coverage of Cain vs Obama.
CA
Submitted by Noel Sheppard on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 10:08pm.
CA,
Can you be more specific? ns
→ Bernie Goldberg segment, Noel
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 10:15pm.
O'Reilly went on to say NewsBusters did an excellent job of contrasting the many stories from the MSM on this Cain Scandal and their foot-dragging on Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers.
Cool
Submitted by Noel Sheppard on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 10:23pm.
Got it. Watching it now. Thanks.ns
Networks and news
Submitted by Necromancer on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 9:45pm.
For the life of me I can't understand the coverage of the network news media and newspapers and blogs and web sites that cater to the lefts ideology. I wonder if it's just to stir up the public and get their ire or just to sell advertising.
The media is totally liberal
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 10:45pm.
What is the hard part to understand? They have no pride or honor for themselves or their vocations.
He gets a suite but DOESN'T EVEN GET INTO ELEVATOR?
Submitted by Annie Ashe Fields on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 9:56pm.
He had THREE chances to get her into a hotel suite HE UPGRADED her to, and doesn’t even get on the ELEVATOR?
We have a 30 year resident of Chicago, an out-of-work tv/radio professional, who, by her own testimony says she was with him, in public, at least 5 times, where nothing-zip-nada-zero in his behavior towards her can be said to be untoward. In advance of the night in question, a meeting they’ve arranged to talk about a job while she was in from out of town, he upgrades her to a ‘palatial’ hotel suite, ostensibly TO USE IT, and he passes THREE OPPORTUNITIES which LITERALLY could have got him to the door – or inside – and DOESN’T EVEN GET ON THE ELEVATOR? Not ONCE?
When she gets to town for an arranged meeting to talk about a job, he upgrades her to a suite at her hotel. When he gets the chance to choose the suite as their initial meeting place… he chooses the hotel bar, not what the woman described as a ‘palatial’ suite. He gets another chance to take her up to the ‘palatial’ suite he upgraded her to… then takes her out to dinner. He has yet another chance where he could have chosen to walk her to the door of the ‘palatial’ suite and finally do the deed… and gropes her in the car? Outside the Restaurant Association? Think about that: OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. This is ALL HER TESTIMONY.
CONCLUSION: I see a single out-of-work Chicago mom who wants back on television. Sorry. I don’t pretend to be unbiased about this but – really. Maybe Herman got drunk and made a pass, but what she described, just shoving his hand up her dress and bending her neck down to his crotch in a car IN FRONT OF THE FRONT DOOR OF THE N.R.A. IS NOT CREDIBLE. This man is a charmer, by her own description. If he were going to cheat on his wife, by upgrading a woman to a palatial hotel suite, spending the evening talking to her, over drinks, over dinner, do you mean to tell me he wouldn’t sweet-talk his way right up to the door of the suite? Sweet-talk his way into the suite? This woman was clearly very taken with him. He could have talked his way into her pants – and had she described that scenario, I would have believed it. Finally, as to these ‘sworn statements’? Big deal. They’re sworn statements that this woman told these two men the same bullsh*t story.
Noel, Bob Schieffer explained
Submitted by d1carter on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 9:59pm.
Noel, Bob Schieffer explained all of this to you on Sunday...
d1
Submitted by Noel Sheppard on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 10:07pm.
You're right. I forgot! ns