BREAKING NEWS – New York City, New York – Much of the liberal media has downplayed or outright ignored the assault and robbery of former California Sen. Barbara Boxer, but no news organization has done more to sweep the once-prominent Democrat under the rug like MSNBC.
It was first reported on Monday evening that Boxer was attacked by two thieves and had her cellphone stolen while walking in her hometown of Oakland. MSNBC avoided the breaking news during its primetime lineup.
MSNBC is far from the only liberal network to ignore the assault. Both ABC and NBC avoided the incident on their morning and evening newscasts. CBS, meanwhile, dedicated less than seven seconds of coverage as part of a roundup of headlines on “CBS This Morning.”
“She might have been taunting them because they had guns, or maybe said something about the NRA that they found offensive,” explained MSNBC President Phil Griffin. “We won’t comment until we have all the facts, and if it’s left up to me, we never will.