Scott Pelley and CBS have gained a reputation as the most aggressive national news broadcast toward President Donald Trump.  That continued following the Republican healthcare bill failure on March 24. Other network anchors, NBC’s Lester Holt and ABC’s Tom Llamas, were significantly less aggressive in describing...

On Wednesday, Mar. 29 CBS followed its story on Russian meddling in the election by showing an unusually long exchange between Sean Spicer and CBS reporter Major Garrett regarding Rep. Devin Nunes’s meeting in the White House. “Do you have any information, to live up to...

Graphics can make or break a story. They can help a viewer understand a topic or leave wrong impressions. NBC has chosen to create dramatic graphics for its broadcasts. How do these graphics affect the clarity of the stories? On March 27 NBC covered House Intelligence...

Using Tweets, President Trump accused Former President Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower during Trump’s presidential campaign. Beginning at 3:35 a.m. Saturday morning March 4, Trump tweeted: 3:49 a.m. 3:52 a.m. 4:02 a.m. On Monday, March 6, House Republicans announced their new healthcare plan which would replace...

Does the evening news have a responsibility to analyze the most complicated stories? On Monday, Mar. 6, all three networks covered President Trump’s claims that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower. Legal surveillance requires a secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) order. A FISA warrant for Trump...