The network evening newscasts’ coverage of the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was uniformly fretful, with ABC and CBS further distinguishing themselves using the impeachment as an opportunity to further shill for the dying White House-Senate border compromise.
ABC’s coverage of the impeachment proceedings was the most emblematic, as seen here during David Muir’s introduction to Rachel Scott’s reporting:
DAVID MUIR: Back here at home now, and to the crisis at the border. For months, Republicans have put pressure on President Biden to do something. And now, with Senate Republicans and Democrats close to the first potential bipartisan deal on immigration in years, tonight House Republicans say they’re not interested. Instead, moving forward in their effort to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro…
