CBS Finally Covers NPR Scandal…On 4 A.M. News Program
Following the March 8 release of an undercover sting video of NPR executive Ron Schiller calling Tea Party members “racist,” CBS initially gave no coverage to the ensuing scandal and resignations of him and NPR President Vivian Schiller. However, it turns out that the controversy was covered by a CBS News broadcast, the barely-watched 4 A.M. Morning News. On Thursday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric did a news brief on House Republicans voting to de-fund NPR: “Republicans say NPR does well enough to fund itself, but Democrats say a cutoff of federal money would cripple some 600 public radio stations.” She failed to make any mention of the scandal that preceded the vote. On the March 10 CBS Morning News at 4 A.M. ET, anchor Betty Nguyen did only a slightly longer news brief on the release of the sting video: 4:11AM ET
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CBS Finally Covers NPR Scandal…On 4 A.M. News Program
Following the March 8 release of an undercover sting video of NPR executive Ron Schiller calling Tea Party members “racist,” CBS initially gave no coverage to the ensuing scandal and resignations of him and NPR President Vivian Schiller. However, it turns out that the controversy was covered by a CBS News broadcast, the barely-watched 4 A.M. Morning News. On Thursday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric did a news brief on House Republicans voting to de-fund NPR: “Republicans say NPR does well enough to fund itself, but Democrats say a cutoff of federal money would cripple some 600 public radio stations.” She failed to make any mention of the scandal that preceded the vote. On the March 10 CBS Morning News at 4 A.M. ET, anchor Betty Nguyen did only a slightly longer news brief on the release of the sting video: 4:11AM ET
