Cable News Refused to Report Trump's Bombshell Quid Pro Quo Offer to Big Oil Execs | Common Dreams
Cable News Refused to Report Trump's Bombshell Quid Pro Quo Offer to Big Oil Execs | Common Dreams
"The most under-covered Trump story is his complete selling-out of the American people on issues they care about most," one political insider said.
Major cable news networks Fox News Channel, CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC all failed to cover former President Donald Trump's promise to Big Oil executives that he would reverse President Joe Biden's climate regulations if they donated $1 billion to his campaign, according to an analysis published by Media Matters for America late Tuesday.
When the news first broke, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch wrote, "You won't read a more important story today." Yet, in the four days after the story broke, it only received 48 minutes of cable airtime—all on MSNBC.