ABC, CBS & NBC Hype Kennedy's 'Cover-Up' Charge Over CIA Video

Published: December 8, 2007, 2:57 am

Tags: war on terrorism, brian williams, charles gibson, katie couric, cbs evening news, nbc nightly news, world news

Taking their lead from liberal Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy, the three broadcast networks all screamed cover-up Friday night as ABC and NBC led with Democratic complaints about the CIA destroying video of some interrogations of terrorists while CBS made it the second story -- though Katie Couric teased it with Cover-Up? on screen under video of Kennedy. Tonight, charges of a cover-up by the CIA, Charles Gibson teased World News, why were videotapes of its secret interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects destroyed? Gibson set up his lead story by asserting congressional leaders are in an uproar tonight over a secret they were never told, and will now never know, as if leaders of both parties were in an uproar. In the subsequent story, however, all four soundbites from members of the House or Senate came from Democrats (two of the four from Kennedy). Couric got it correct as she highlighted how today Democrats demanded a criminal investigation.

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