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Updated · Fox News · May 9
Broadcast networks show bias over courts ending racial gerrymandering
Updated
Updated · Fox News · May 9

Broadcast networks show bias over courts ending racial gerrymandering

7 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 9
  • The critique cites ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS coverage of rulings affecting Virginia, Alabama and Tennessee, including the Virginia Supreme Court striking down a Democratic plan approved by 51.7% of voters.
  • It argues broadcasters framed the decisions as attacks on civil rights and minority voting power, while downplaying partisan advantages for Democrats and omitting activist affiliations or inflammatory protests by Tennessee Democrats.
  • The report says both parties are pushing redistricting before the midterms, but networks consistently present Democratic arguments more favourably and cast Republican-backed map changes as threats to democracy.
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