Today in federal court, the source of a major story involving stolen tax information was sentenced to a five-year prison term. Given how the story was covered, you’d expect at least minimal coverage across the major evening newscasts. But, alas, this wasn’t the case across the board.
In fact, NBC was the sole network to cover the story. Here’s that report in its entirety, as aired on NBC Nightly News on Monday, January 29th, 2024:
TOM LLAMAS: In Washington today, a former IRS contractor who leaked tax records of former President Trump and others was sentenced to five years in prison. When Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty in October, federal prosecutors say he weaponized his access to taxpayer data to further his own political agenda, believing he was above the law.
All of 19 seconds- which is a heck of a lot less than the story got when it was…
