CNN did not air Sen. Lindsey Graham’s opening statement during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the Justice Department inspector general’s report on the origins of the Russia investigation.
Fox News and MSNBC, the two other major networks covering the hearing, aired at least some part of Graham’s opening remarks, during which he read text messages between former FBI officials line-by-line.
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Republicans such as Graham have pointed to communications between those officials as evidence of a so-called “deep state” plot to spy on President Trump’s 2016 campaign for president.
The inspector general found no evidence that political bias against Trump motivated the wiretapping that eventually led to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
Instead of showing Graham’s remarks in full, CNN instead gave an update on a developing story regarding Boeing’s grounded 737 Max Airplane
Several conservatives criticized CNN’s decision not to air Graham’s opening remarks on social media.
Fox News is running the IG hearing uninterrupted, MSNBC talked over Lindsey Graham’s opening statement but went quiet as soon as Dianne Feinstein started speaking, and CNN is running commercials after airing impeachment hearings non-stop for two months.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 11, 2019
They are too busy looking for me and my staff in VIENNA… @CNN needs to be reigned in by @ATT … Are there any adults left on the board of @ATT ? #goodnightVienna https://t.co/PXXvV6VEBp
— Devin Nunes (@DevinNunes) December 11, 2019
CNN aired everything Schiff & Nadler had to say. Why aren’t they showing @LindseyGrahamSC? Is it because the facts of how the FBI mistreated @realDonaldTrump contradict their coverage over the last 3 years? https://t.co/AdVYf8RHzV
— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) December 11, 2019
