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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