Along with joining their fellow broadcast networks in rushing to the defense of illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia despite records showing his less-than-stellar conduct, CBS used its flagship newscasts on Tuesday and Wednesday to bemoan the plight of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who helped lead the pro-Hamas protest movement on campus, which resulted in police needing riot gear to break up the hooliganism.
Correspondent Lila Luciano’s fawning coverage — which tallied 10 minutes and 38 seconds on the Tuesday and Wednesday CBS Evening News and Wednesday’s CBS Mornings — never once mentioned Mahdawi’s support for Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, a group designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization.
If you were to add in a brief from Tuesday’s CBS Evening News Plus and full story on Wednesday’s CBS Mornings Plus, the…
