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ASHAMED: ABC Hosts Wants You to Forget Their Embarrassing Smollett Reporting
Newsbusters ^ | 7 Dec 2021 | Scott Whitlock

Posted on 12/08/2021 6:22:55 PM PST by Rummyfan

It seems as though ABC News journalists are still capable of feeling shame. How else to explain the network’s attempt to make everyone forget their initial (and very excited) coverage of Jussie Smollett's claims that a MAGA-loving mob assaulted him on a frigid Chicago night? In 2021, ABC is attempting to bury the story.

The actor's elaborate 2018 accusations — and thus ABC’s reporting — quickly unraveled and the Empire actor is now on trial for lying. On Monday, Smollett offered convoluted testimony in his own defense. Usually, a celebrity criminal trial would be of interest to the tabloid-loving ABC. But on Monday night, ABC’s World News Tonight completely skipped it. On Tuesday morning, Good Morning America avoided it as well.

As I noted in a NewsBusters study on Monday, ABC managed a scant 22 seconds total to the trial, which started over a week ago. Good Morning America has allowed NO coverage. However, on February 14, 2019, Good Morning America's Robin Roberts devoted a whopping 17 minutes and 52 seconds to her “exclusive” interview of Smollett recounting his claims about MAGA terrorists, who happened to have a noose ready.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; chicago; donlemon; illinois; jussiesmollet; jussiesmollett; smollet

1 posted on 12/08/2021 6:22:55 PM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Just one of countless things they’ve done they want us to forget.


2 posted on 12/08/2021 6:28:20 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Rummyfan

Bet your last dollar, the next time they get the opportunity to smear MAGA or Trump with lies they will take it. The shame is only from getting caught.


3 posted on 12/08/2021 6:52:11 PM PST by Gary from Dayton (Scary unvaccinated American )
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To: Rummyfan

Liberal MSM wants you to forget about “Juicy”.

Of course they do.

Samuel Clemmons comes to mind.


4 posted on 12/08/2021 6:52:58 PM PST by eyedigress (Trump is my President! )
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To: Rummyfan

Who wrote this headline? It is not shame or embarrassment that has the networks giving so little coverage to the Jussie trial. It is just an attempt to kept their viewers misinformed. Shame would have them apologize to their viewers. That won’t happen.


5 posted on 12/08/2021 6:54:45 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: Rummyfan

Wait until Smollett is found Not Guilty due to jury nullification. They are going to be dancing in the streets and sticking it in everyone’s face.


6 posted on 12/08/2021 7:01:04 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021.)
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To: Freee-dame

You’re absolutely right. They have no shame.


7 posted on 12/08/2021 7:04:15 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
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To: Rummyfan

Robin Roberts? Thought he was dead.


8 posted on 12/08/2021 7:06:54 PM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: Rummyfan

ABC ‘journalists’ didn’t questioned how strange it would be for white Trump supporters to be walking around the black South Side of Chicago at 3 AM - - carrying a noose and a bottle of bleach? It was stunning to watch.


9 posted on 12/08/2021 7:10:35 PM PST by GOPJ (Black thugs loot Walgreens:"Oh well" Loot Louis Vuitton & white liberal 'elites' scream help us..'.)
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To: GOPJ

“MAGA hats? MAGA Hats??? Hey Frank, come over here for a second. Find out where Kanye West was last night.”


10 posted on 12/08/2021 7:13:51 PM PST by Rebelbase ( State Dept. Havana Syndrome victims: Guinea pigs of 5G/graphene oxide vax experiments?)
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11 posted on 12/08/2021 7:14:36 PM PST by xp38
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I wonder if the jury knows that kamala harris was part of the original commi gang pressuring lightfoot and that stupid AG to drop all charges.
And it’s not much of a stretch to see how kamala and co were also part of the inventing and planing.


12 posted on 12/08/2021 7:14:53 PM PST by Track9 (Agamemnon came home to a HRC type party. )
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To: LeonardFMason
Robin Roberts? Thought he was dead.

Lantern-jawed out-of-the-closet lesbo who thinks the WNBA is the greatest thing ever and is on ABC's GMA. She makes a good complement to Snuff-a-lup-agus.

And as an out-of-the-closet black lesbo, she naturally had to jump all over this story.

13 posted on 12/08/2021 7:20:43 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: xp38
One of the many great exchanges in Casablanca.
14 posted on 12/08/2021 7:21:52 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: Gary from Dayton

“The shame is only from getting caught.”

They have no shame at all, remember that the Smollett case came just a couple of weeks after they were caught lying about the Covington kids. They never apologized or missed a beat, they just moved to the next lie.


15 posted on 12/08/2021 8:41:46 PM PST by euram
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To: Rummyfan

ABC, the “All Bullshit Channel”.


16 posted on 12/08/2021 9:10:32 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: eyedigress

It will be extremely hard to do after Dave Chappelle does his new bit on Jussie.


17 posted on 12/08/2021 10:22:05 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: eyedigress
Samuel Clemmons comes to mind.

Do you mean Samuel Clemens?

Regards,

18 posted on 12/08/2021 10:44:41 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Rummyfan

At the time we were grateful that the MSM came within a hair of actually naming some “suspects.” If the BS story didn’t unravel as fast as it did that was next.


19 posted on 12/08/2021 10:53:00 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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They didn't fall for it, they knew it was a lie the whole time. That's what they're always about.
This one is NOT work safe:
Dave Chappelle on the Jussie Smollett Incident | Netflix Is A Joke | August 30, 2019 | Netflix Is A Joke
Dave Chappelle on the Jussie Smollett Incident | Netflix Is A Joke | August 30, 2019 | Netflix Is A Joke

YouTube:
Chris Rock: Jussie Smollett, You Don't Get No Respect From Me | Image Awards 50 | Unlisted | Mar 31, 2019 | TV One TV
Chris Rock: Jussie Smollett, You Don't Get No Respect From Me | Image Awards 50 | Unlisted | Mar 31, 2019 | TV One TV

20 posted on 12/09/2021 9:46:50 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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