Impeachment was always intended by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to serve as a diversion from the freak show that’s taking place in the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. And, even though the whole thing has blown up in her face as far as public opinion goes, she has been successful in using it as a distraction.

According to a new study by the right-leaning Media Research Center, the first 100 days of the impeachment process, which started on Sep. 24 last year, saw an enormous shift of coverage to impeachment by the nightly newscasts of the three big networks at the expense of the presidential candidates and all other news.