Josh Mankiewicz http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24798/all en ABC, NBC Too Busy With O.J. Simpson Police Chase Anniversary To Cover V.A. Scandal http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/abc-nbc-too-busy-oj-simpson-police-chase-anniversary-cover-va-scandal <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/matthew-balan">Matthew Balan</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><img src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/files/images/2014-06-11-CBS-Pelley_large.JPG" style="width: 280px; height: 154px; float: right; margin: 3px;" /><em>CBS Evening News</em> was the only Big Three evening newscast on Wednesday to report that the FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the V.A. scandal. Neither ABC's <em>World News</em> nor <em>NBC Nightly News</em> covered this latest development in the ongoing controversy. Instead, both programs devoted air time to the 20th anniversary of O.J.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MatthewJLB" target="_blank">Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/abc-nbc-too-busy-oj-simpson-police-chase-anniversary-cover-va-scandal" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division abc cbs CBS Evening News David Muir Elaine Quijano FBI James Comey Josh Mankiewicz NBC NBC Nightly News O.J. Simpson Rebecca Jarvis Scott Pelley Veterans Affairs World News Thu, 12 Jun 2014 03:05:54 +0000 matthew.balan 46454 at http://archive2.mrc.org