ABC News’s stilted coverage throughout the 2024 election has solidified it as the most wildly biased broadcast network of the “big three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC). From 100 days of 100 percent pro-Kamala Harris coverage, to possibly the most stilted debate in modern political history, the network has abandoned even the pretense of objectivity and relegated itself one of the Democratic Party’s most loyal vassals.
For an idea of what ABC thinks qualifies as journalism, look no further than The View. Absurdly billed as a news program, the all-female talk show has become one of the most vitriolic hotbeds of Trump derangement on television. It’s difficult to take this low-information program seriously on any level, but if the bigwigs at ABC insist we treat it as a news show, we’re happy to oblige.
Back in January, co-host Whoopi Goldberg declared: “If [Donald Trump’ ever gets in again, we’ll never have any more elections. There will be no more. He will stop and he’s very clear about that. He wants to be a dictator for life.”
Later that month, during a rant in which she compared Donald Trump to Hitler, co-host Joy Behar dubbed the former President “one of the most dangerous of my lifetime to ever be in the oval office.”
In May, Behar went further, this time comparing all Trump supporters to Nazis: “That hat you keep wearing — that red hat that says ‘Make America Great Again,’ that tells people that you go along with this, so might as well put a swastika on the hat.”
Of course, the issues with ABC News go far beyond The View. In a different world, the very notion of a long-time Democratic operative and Clinton bag man becoming the anchor of a major news show would be laughable; but here in this universe, that’s just the reality of George Stephanopoulos. The veteran host of Good Morning America and This Week kicked off a recent edition of the latter show with this anti-Trump attack ad of a monologue:
In 1774, John Adams said, “Representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty.” 250 years later, the heart and lungs of liberty are facing what might be the ultimate stress test…
The New York jurors have already presented their fellow citizens with a choice: do we want to be represented — to be led for the first time in history — by a convicted felon? That answer will come in November.
Then of course there was World News Tonight Sunday anchor Linsey Davis’s question to Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) during the Democratic National Convention:
Former President Donald Trump is expected to go campaign in Howell, Michigan tomorrow. Many people are aware that a month ago, in Howell, KKK protesters marched in the streets…
I’m curious if you make anything about that connection and him going in particularly to Howell tomorrow.
An MRC study published earlier this month found that throughout 100 campaign stories airing between July 2021 and September 6, Vice President Kamala Harris received a mind-blowing 100 percent positive coverage. Trump, meanwhile, was subjected to a more predictable 93 percent negative slant.
When people accuse the news media of deliberately inciting violence against Donald Trump, this is what they’re talking about. The former President has already faced two assassination attempts since July, yet networks like ABC show no signs of letting up the gas. At best, they don’t care whether another attempt occurs, and at worst, they’re secretly hoping one does.
Of course, if they wanted to redeem themselves, they could try acting like journalists for half a second. They could stop lying to their millions-strong audience that Donald Trump wants to permanently destroy America and usher in a thousand-year reich. But we all know that’s not going to happen. Their job is not to report to the news, it's to help Democrats get elected, and it's a job they do tirelessly.
