Network news coverage of ICE operations in Minneapolis shows media bias as ABC, CBS, and NBC frame Democratic opposition as nonpartisan while downplaying protester violence.
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Formorethan70years,therehasbeenatleastoneeveningnewsprogramairingonabroadcastnetworkinAmerica.Theseshows,allofwhichairatthesametimeintheevening,areoftenreferredtoasthe“nightlynews,”butintheageof24/7newscoverage,theywouldbebetterlabeledastheultra-liberal“nightlynarrative”fromABC,CBS,NBCandPBS.
Thesecondweekofnegativenetwork-newscoverageof“tensions”overICEactivitiesintheTwinCitiesunderlinehownarrativesarebuiltandcanberepeatedfordaysandweeks.
1. Trump’spoliticalopponentsarenotidentifiedasDemocrats. GeorgeStephanopoulosledoff“GoodMorningAmerica”onTuesday:“Fightingback.MinnesotaandIllinoisaretakingHomelandSecuritytocourtoverthesurgeinimmigrationofficers.MinnesotacallsitafederalinvasionoftheTwinCitiesdaysafteramotherofthreewasshotandkilledbyICEagents.IllinoisaccusestheTrumpadminist
