Questionable Legality

Broadcast Evening News Fail To Cover Jeb Bush's Super PAC Problem 

NBC, ABC, And CBS Evening News Ignore Bush's PAC Dealings Amid Increasing Scrutiny Of Their Questionable Legality

By ALEXANDREA BOGUHN

Broadcast evening news programs on ABC, NBC, and CBS completely ignored likely Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush's questionable delay in announcing his campaign while he sidesteps campaign laws and continues coordinating with his super PAC. Despite increasing scrutiny of a strategy that "tests the legal definition of [a] candidate," the nightly news programs have devoted zero coverage to the matter since The Associated Press (AP) first reported on it in April.

Network Evening News Completely Ignore Bush's Problematic PAC Coordination. According to a Media Matters analysis of transcripts of ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir, CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, and NBC Nightly News broadcasts between April 21 to June 2, the evening news programs made no mention of Jeb Bush's PAC coordination.