Georgia's TV news stations virtually ignore new reporting on Sen. David Perdue's stock trading scandal

Local TV news stations in Georgia have virtually ignored new details on Republican Sen. David Perdue’s pandemic stock trading scandal. Since The Associated Press, The New York Times, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported new developments on November 25, only two of the dozens of news stations in Georgia have covered them.

Perdue, who is slated for a runoff election against Democrat Jon Ossoff in January, was one of several senators whose stock trades in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic came under scrutiny for possibly violating insider trading laws....