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• World News' Compares 'Clean Coal' to Fat-Free Doughnuts'

  Published: August 8, 2007, 1:29 pm

  Tags: Business Coverage, David Kerley, Jeff Goodell, Abc, World News Tonight

  in a collapsed coal mine ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson took it the opportunity to kick the coal industry while it was down but this time in the name of global warming. The criticism of coal is that it's a dirty energy source. Although many of the pollutants are being scrubbed out it's still high in carbon, the

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• ABC's Gibson ignored Padilla's three-year detention without charges

  Published: August 17, 2007, 3:53 pm

  Tags: Charlie Gibson, Abc, Abc World News Tonight, National Security Foreign Policy, Terrorism

  the August 16 edition of ABC's World News, anchor Charles Gibson reported that "Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen from Chicago, was convicted today of supporting terrorism," without noting the controversial history surrounding Padilla's detention. Gibson reported that Padilla's case "symbolized the Bush administration's

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• NY Times, networks ignored Sen. Craig's record on gay and lesbian issues

  Published: August 28, 2007, 6:35 pm

  Tags: Abc, Abc World News Tonight, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, The New York Times, Civil Human Rights, Ethics, Government Elections, Lgbt Issues

  August 27 broadcasts of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson, NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams, and the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. By contrast, an August 28 CNN.com article noted his votes on gay and lesbian issues and reported that "Craig's voting record has earned him top ratings from social

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• Despite hyping lower July death toll, network evening news programs silent on number of troop deaths this summer

  Published: August 29, 2007, 12:20 pm

  Tags: Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric, Abc, Abc World News Tonight, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  networks' evening news programs -- ABC's World News with Charles Gibson, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, and NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams -- reported that the death toll for U.S. service members in Iraq was down in July. In particular, on World News, anchor Charles Gibson pointed to the lower July death toll

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• AP, networks mum on Romney-Blackwater connection

  Published: September 18, 2007, 6:55 pm

  Tags: Abc, Abc World News Tonight, Associated Press, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, Good Morning America, Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, Today Show, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, Mitt Romney

  right. Richard Engel with us tonight from Beirut. Thanks. From the September 17 edition of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson: GIBSON: In Iraq, the Interior Ministry there says it has revoked the license of a prominent American security firm, Blackwater USA. The move came as result of gunfight in Baghdad. Blackwater guards

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• Network news did not report CBO assessment that Bush's SCHIP proposal sharply underfunds program

  Published: September 21, 2007, 8:25 pm

  Tags: Abc, Abc World News Tonight, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, Economic Issues, Health Care

  neither NBC's Nightly News, ABC's World News, nor the CBS Evening News noted that Bush's alternative proposal -- a $5 billion expansion over five years -- would, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), underfund the program by $14 billion during that period. Further, on the Nightly News, NBC News chief White

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• Major newspapers, network news still silent on Romney-Blackwater connection

  Published: September 26, 2007, 8:37 pm

  Tags: Abc, Abc World News Tonight, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, Good Morning America, Los Angeles Times, Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, The Early Show, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Today Show, Usa Today, Wall Street Journal, 2008 Elections, Government Elections, Mitt Romney

  reports by the five major newspapers and the three networks on the Iraqi Interior Ministry revoking Blackwater USA's license, none of those outlets has reported on Romney's connection to Blackwater or his refusal to comment on the matter. Reports that the Iraqi Interior Ministry had ousted Blackwater were on the front page of the

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• Tapper did not challenge Giuliani's claim that he did not "get[] the information" about Kerik

  Published: November 9, 2007, 4:25 pm

  Tags: Jake Tapper, Abc, Abc World News Tonight, 2008 Elections, Government And Elections, Rudy Giuliani

  From the video excerpt ABCNews.com posted of Tapper's interview with Giuliani: CHARLES GIBSON (ABC's World News anchor): ABC's chief political correspondent Jake Tapper is traveling with Mr. Giuliani in Iowa and asked him about the [then-]pending indictment for Kerik. [begin video clip] GIULIANI: I made

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