Between Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC were head over heels for Senator Cory Booker’s (D-NJ) 25-hour-long, “marathon” act of chicanery “speaking in a protest” against Trump and “shin[ning] a spotlight on” his “rapid fire and controversial actions” through “the little bit of power and influence” they have in Washington.
At one point, one anchor even compared Booker to the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Thus far, the networks have spent five minutes and 19 seconds on their flagship morning and evening news shows (excluding CBS Evening News Plus and CBS Mornings Plus, although we’ll include them for their bias below).
Tuesday’s CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today were the first to bring it up. CBS co-host Gayle King — whom Booker counts as a personal friend but wasn’t…
