Amid the stolen valor scandal rocking the Harris-Walz ticket, ABC showed why a (D) should be tacked on the end of their name when they celebrated the Biden-Harris administration floating a policy proposal they admitted was designed to get votes, during Monday’s Good Morning America. It was an occurrence that NewsBusters has shown to be a common tactic from the top rated broadcast news outlet.
“We’re going to go to the White House now, where the President is unveiling new policies this morning aimed at business practices that cost consumers time and money,” co-host and Democratic flack George Stephanopoulos announced at the top of the segment.
In-kind campaign donation? ABC(D) boasts that the Biden-Harris administration is working to stop "customer service headaches."
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"It's clear that the White House is trying to send a message now, ahead of the election, that it is taking steps to address...persistently high prices." pic.twitter.com/eXa6ifNQpk
Despite the liberal media spending years parroting the administration’s talking point that there was nothing at all they could do about rising prices, Washington correspondent Elizabeth Schulze boasted: “This is a new push from the Biden administration to try to cut down time and money that Americans spend wrangling with companies over customer service.”
Americans were struggling balancing the price of groceries, gas, and high interest rates, but Schulze cheered on the administration nibbling at the edges with subscriptions and automated customer service bots:
One target here is so-called “doom loops” where you're stuck on the phone with an automated response or talking to a chat bot instead of an actual person. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to propose companies like banks need to let customers talk to a human representative by pressing a single button.
The Federal Trade Commission is also on the verge of finalizing a new rule that would make it easier to cancel your subscriptions. So, if it takes you one click to sign up for a membership to a gym or for an app on your phone, it should take you one click to cancel it, too. A similar regulation could also be applied to internet and cable subscriptions.
“Importantly, these proposals are not yet finalized, so it would be months before they take effect and they could face legal challenges,” she noted.
Schulze said the quite part out loud when she admitted that the proposals were basically made with the election top of mind. “It's clear that the White House is trying to send a message now, ahead of the election, that it is taking steps to address the reality that many households are still struggling to pay persistently high prices,” she declared, seemingly thinking she was helping.
The double standard in how ABC(D) covered Democratic proposals versus Republicans’ becomes obvious when you hold them up side by side.
In spite of the fact that polls showed broad support mass deportations for illegal immigrants, the network had a meltdown over Trump’s immigration comments at the Republican national convention. Good Morning America was also in a panic over Project 2025, which wasn’t even an official Trump campaign proposal.
ABC had also pushed the Democratic Party’s conspiracy theory that Trump was going to take away everyone’s rights.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s Good Morning America
August 12, 2024
7:12:25 a.m. EasternGEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: We’re going to go to the White House now, where the President is unveiling new policies this morning aimed at business practices that cost consumers time and money. Elizabeth Schulze has the details. Good morning, Elizabeth.
ELIZABETH SCHULZE: Good morning, George. This is a new push from the Biden administration to try to cut down time and money that Americans spend wrangling with companies over customer service.
One target here is so-called “doom loops” where you're stuck on the phone with an automated response or talking to a chat bot instead of an actual person. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to propose companies like banks need to let customers talk to a human representative by pressing a single button.
The Federal Trade Commission is also on the verge of finalizing a new rule that would make it easier to cancel your subscriptions. So, if it takes you one click to sign up for a membership to a gym or for an app on your phone, it should take you one click to cancel it, too. A similar regulation could also be applied to internet and cable subscriptions.
Importantly, these proposals are not yet finalized, so it would be months before they take effect and they could face legal challenges. It’s part of a broader effort from the Biden administration to try to lower cost, by urging companies to slash hidden frees in industries like airlines, concerts, and credit cards.
It's clear that the White House is trying to send a message now, ahead of the election, that it is taking steps to address the reality that many households are still struggling to pay persistently high prices. Michael.
MICHAEL STRAHAN: All right. Elizabeth, thank you for that.
