ABC on Wednesday and Thursday managed a mere 21 seconds total for the latest revelations about the botched ObamaCare rollout, minimizing the grilling that Kathleen Sebelius took before Congress and the resignation of one of the people behind the website. Instead, Good Morning America focused on deeply irrelevant topics such as promoting "Thor's leading lady," star Natalie Portman. In comparison to ObamaCare, the actress appeared for over three minutes on Thursday.
NBC's Today also yawned at the resignation of Tony Trenkle, the chief information officer at HealthCare.gov. Wednesday's Nightly News featured the testimony of Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius for two minutes and 20 seconds. In contrast to ABC, which featured no clips of Sebelius's appearance, NBC included Republican senators such as John Thune, deriding, "This is a dishonesty. You've been misleading the American people!" [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
CBS offered the most coverage, three reports over seven and 35 seconds. On CBS This Morning, Norah O'Donnell explained, "[Trenkle] is the first official to leave since the botched rollout of the website. Meanwhile, 16 Senate Democrats told President Obama how frustrated are by all the problems."
Journalist Major Garrett described it as "rough day" for the secretary and informed, "Even friendly Democrats demanded a functioning website before month's end and better information." The This Morning reporter noted the President's dropping poll numbers, comparing them to George W. Bush after Hurricane Katrina. The program offered a follow-up report in the 8am hour.
The previous night's CBS Evening News, Wyatt Andrews delivered a balanced look at one woman who has embraced Obamacare and another who will suffer because of it: Anchor Scott Pelley lamented, "Three and a half million Americans have been told that their health plans will be canceled because their plans don't meet the minimum requirements of ObamaCare."
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