STUDY: Broadcast Networks Won’t Even Admit Jewish Museum Shooter Is Left-Wing
23rd May 2025
Broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS still have yet to utter a single word about the radical left-wing politics of the man who allegedly gunned down two Israeli embassy employees on Wednesday evening in Washington D.C. In the first 24 hours after the attack, across their live-streaming and flagship morning and evening news programs, all of these networks, as well as MSNBC, stubbornly concealed both the shooter’s political leanings — including his membership with the radical left-wing Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) — from their audiences.
MRC analysts looked at all news coverage on left-leaning cable (CNN and MSNBC) and broadcast networks from 6:00 a.m. ET on Thursday through 8:59 a.m. ET Friday. Across all six channels, the only anchor, guest, or reporter to admit the alleged shooter was “left-wing” (or any similar terminology; see below for all search terms) was CNN’s Jake Tapper. Nobody else on CNN, let alone on MSNBC or any of the broadcast networks, cared to tie the attack to the political left.
Likewise, both the broadcast networks and MSNBC have completely hidden the alleged perpetrator’s PSL membership, once again making CNN the only network that even came close to doing its job of reporting the news.