Since NewsBusters’s last time count on coverage of the third Trump indictment across the flagship morning and evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC, the number exploded to over five hours at roughly 332 minutes (331:56) from the evening of August 1 (when the indictment was unveiled) through the morning of August 8.
This new total — which last stood Friday morning at 162 minutes and 16 minutes — includes the addition of the Sunday morning political talk shows.
In that same time, there’s only been four minutes and 50 seconds on these same shows alluding to Hunter Biden scandals and any possible ties involving his father, President Biden. Pit these two numbers against each other and the Trump number is roughly 69 times larger (or 68.7 to be more exact).
Last time, we found the Trump coverage was 19 times larger than what was allotted to the closed-door House testimony from Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer (eight minutes and 32 seconds). Fast-forward through Tuesday morning and that ratio exploded to roughly 39 times larger (or 38.9).
Worse yet, these networks have yet to spend a single second on the allegations of bribery against now-President Biden and the Ukrainian energy company, Burisma.
ABC kept its spot for first place with over two hours of coverage (122:56), including an astounding 42 minutes on This Week. In contrast, their Biden scandal number was 25 times smaller at just 39 seconds.
This scant nod was thanks to 2024 GOP presidential candidate Doug Burgum invoking Hunter’s life of ruin as host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos fixated on Trump.
NBC remained in second with 114 minutes and 13 seconds versus its Biden tally of only 85 seconds (or a 23-to-one-split). The rare Biden time included this lament from NBC’s Chuck Todd about Republican “whataboutism” with Hunter vs. Trump.
While still substantial, CBS was a ways back in third with 94 minutes and 47 seconds on the third Trump indictment (armed with segments from anti-Trump author and correspondent Robert Costa and January 6-obsessed correspondent Scott MacFarlane).
Though still scant, the Biden coverage blew away ABC and NBC with two minutes and 46 seconds. All but five seconds thanks to Face the Nation fill-in host Major Garrett discussing the Hunter Biden investigation by the U.S. Attorney in Delaware with former Attorney General Bill Barr. In turn, the Trump vs. Biden coverage ratio was smallest, but still clocked out at a 20-to-1 disparity.
The liberal media are hellbent on waging a two-front war against viewers and voters as, one front, they’re using any story to downplay and ignore any and all Biden scandals. And, on the second, they hope to make the election about prosecuting Trump instead of topics voters actually care about. Due to the third indictment, the liberal media believe they’re well on their way to doing just that.