STUDY: TV News Has No Time for Biden Sex Assault Accuser

While liberal TV news outlets have fallen all over themselves in a rush to disapprove of anything involving Donald Trump, they’ve kept their airwaves largely free of any negative stories about his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden. In fact, it’s been more than a month since ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC or NBC have even mentioned the accusations of Tara Reade, a former Biden staffer who alleges that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.

MRC analysts have looked at all broadcast and cable news coverage since the charges against Biden first surfaced on March 25. After a brief amount of coverage in April and May, and despite corroboration of Reade’s account, all of these networks dropped the story entirely.

As of June 28, ABC has gone 33 days without mentioning the allegations against Biden. The two liberal all-day cable networks are even worse: CNN hasn’t talked about the case in 35 days, while it’s been 37 days for MSNBC. NBC hasn’t told viewers about Reade’s charges since May 10 (49 days ago), and CBS hasn’t said a word on air since May 8, 51 days ago.