On CNN, National Journal's Fournier: Obama Administration Either 'Incr

Brad Wilmouth
June 24th, 2014 10:52 AM
During the regular "Inside Politics" segment of Tuesday's New Day on CNN, Ron Fournier of the National Journal declared that he was "naive" last year in giving the Obama administration the "benefit of the doubt" over the IRS scandal, and called for an independent prosecutor to investigate as he reacted to the recent congressional testimony of IRS commissioner John Koskinen. A bit later, he…
 

On Saturday, CBS and NBC Give Attention to IRS Scandal As ABC's GMA Ig

Brad Wilmouth
June 23rd, 2014 6:38 AM
After all three broadcast network evening newscasts on Friday highlighted IRS commissioner John Koskinen's testimony before Congress regarding the numerous missing emails of former official Lois Lerner, Saturday morning's Good Morning America on ABC ignored the story completely while CBS This Morning ran a full report and NBC's Today gave viewers a 42-second news brief. GMA, however, did find…
 

Networks Finally Notice IRS's 'Black Eye' Due to 'Lost' Lois Lerner E

Matthew Balan
June 20th, 2014 11:28 PM
The Big Three networks' Friday evening newscasts finally noticed the latest development in the IRS scandal (they omitted it on Thursday), after Rep. Paul Ryan grilled Commissioner John Koskinen earlier in the day. ABC's David Muir spotlighted "the outrage...involving the IRS claiming to have lost thousands of crucial documents – lawmakers asking, how can the tax man be let off the hook for…
 

ABC Hypes IRS's Help Line Wait Times, Smaller Budget; Had No Time for

Matthew Balan
April 11th, 2014 11:49 PM
On Friday's World News, ABC's David Kerley pressed I.R.S. Commissioner John Koskinen about taxpayers who are unable to "get an answer as to how much they're supposed to pay," due to long wait times on the agency' help line. However, Kerley didn't bother to ask Koskinen about the House Ways and Means Committee's Wednesday vote to refer former IRS official Lois Lerner to the Justice Department…
 

Big Three Blackout: No Mention of Issa Threatening Contempt Charges fo

Geoffrey Dickens
March 28th, 2014 4:12 PM
On Wednesday Fox News reported that House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa threatened to hold the IRS commissioner in contempt of Congress if he didn’t hand over emails from Lois Lerner and other IRS officials. So far none of the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) network evening or morning shows have mentioned the latest development in the ongoing investigation of the…
 

Imagine That: As Obama Denies Its Importance, AP's Ohlemacher Identifi

Tom Blumer
December 11th, 2013 7:24 PM
Well, it's not perfect, but it's a start — and it's certainly a far cry from what President Obama is now willing to admit. In his report Tuesday on the congressional hearing for John Koskinen, Obama's nominee to be the next IRS Commissioner, Stephen Ohlemacher of the Associated Press wrote that Koskinen "told senators Tuesday he will work to restore public trust in the agency in the wake of…