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Morning Shows Devote 52 Minutes to Lindsay Lohan, a Scant 20 Seconds to Appointment (Berwick)
newsbusters ^ | 7/8/10 | Scott Whitlock

Posted on 07/08/2010 3:05:57 PM PDT by Nachum

Over the span of two days, the network morning shows have given just 20 seconds of coverage to the recess appointment of Donald Berwick, a pro-rationing doctor who will run Medicare.

In contrast, Good Morning America, Today and Early Show devoted 52 minutes of coverage to every detail of Lindsay Lohan's sentencing.

On Wednesday and Thursday's GMA, ABC hosts discussed Lohan for 14 minutes. CBS's Early Show managed 12 minutes to the important topic. Both programs had no mention of Berwick, who once told an audience in Great Britain, "Please, don't put your faith in market forces."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abc; antiamerican; doctor; lohan; morning; msm; shows
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To: Nachum

No big surprise - the morning ‘news’ shows are little more than early editions of Access Hollywood or TMZ anyway. Mind-numbing trash.

IOW, a complete waste of time.


21 posted on 07/09/2010 7:36:50 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Never trust anyone who points their rear end at God while praying.)
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