Mainstream Media Largely Ignores the Van Jones Story
Kimberly Schwandt of FoxNews.com gives a timeline of the Van Jones coverage, or lack thereof, by the MSM.
• Wednesday, September 2 – no mention from CBS, NBC, ABC or The Washington Post & The New York Times.
• Thursday, September 3 – no mention from CBS, NBC, ABC or The Washington Post & The New York Times print editions. (A Washington Post blog picks up the story eventually).
• Friday, September 4 – ABC & NBC do not cover the story on their broadcasts, CBS evening news files a report from Bill Plante.
• Saturday, September 5—no mention from CBS, NBC or ABC on the evening newscasts or The New York Times print edition (Their blog The Caucus does pick it up eventually). The Washington Post runs a story in their print edition about the White House being quiet about the controversy.
• Sunday, September 6—no mention from The New York Times or The Washington Post early print editions (the story breaks overnight and is too late for print). All evening newscasts pick up the story high in their shows.
• Monday, September 7 – The New York Times morning print edition runs its first mention of the story on a front page, under- the-fold piece.
• (Note: CNN’s Lou Dobbs references Van Jones on September 3, and MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann airs Beck clips and talks about Van Jones, but largely talks about Beck’s attacks on Rockefeller).