THREAD: I tallied the #tornado coverage on the Saturday PM newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC as aired in the D.C. TV market (which, for this, I included teases). @ABCWorldNews Tonight w/@WhitJohnson was 22:04 vs. 30:00 due to #MLSCup
ABC coverage: 14:24
Due to the #ArmyNavyGame and local affiliate WUSA running commercials for a minute or two instead of the newscast, the 'CBS Weekend News' (helmed by @edokeefe) in total was only 10:42.
P.S. @ABCWorldNews, 'CBS Weekend News,' & @NBCNightlyNews will air later versions for Pacific (and I believe Mountain) time zones that'll be 30 minutes.
I wanted to do quick math for the Eastern/Central time zones and hoped they gave adequate time to this -- and they did!
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DOOCY TIME: Biden says BBB won't "add a penny to the deficit. The CBO has this new score where they assume that social programs are going to be made permanent...It would add almost $3 trillion, so does that mean...[he] will commit that [they're] not going to be made permanent?"
Doocy: Is Vice President Harris still in charge of addressing the root causes from migration from El Salvador, Honduras, & Guatemala?
Psaki: She is & I just announced a commitment...this afternoon.
Doocy: So, why hasn't she spoken to the president of Guatemala since June?
Doocy: "Do you think it's possible that big cities are dealing with these smash and grab robberies, an increase in criminal activity b/c some prosecutors are too soft on crime?"
Psaki says she "won't attribute the reasoning from here," but then reiterates it's tied to Covid.
DOOCY TIME: "A handful of key aides have announced either that they are leaving the Vice President's office or are reportedly going to be...soon. Is the Vice President not satisfied with the staffing that she has...or do people just not want to work for her anymore?"
Doocy: "So, this is not a case of bad headlines about the Vice President and a decision being made to shake up the staff to fix an image issue?"
Psaki says Symone Sanders "is whip smart and "will do plenty of interesting things in the world" in her future.
Doocy: "Does [Harris] think that staff are to blame for her not making any kind of meaningful progress on the big things in portfolio, like passing voting rights or addressing the root causes of migration?"
Psaki: "I know the Vice President is grateful to all the staff[.]"
Joy Reid dismisses pregnancy as both ugly and a nuisance to humanity: "Pregnancy can actually be dangerous to a women's health, esp. when you live in a country like the United States, which has the worst rate of maternity deaths in the entire developed world."
Reid: "To say it's okay to ban abortions in the poorest state with...one in five [women]...are not insured, to say it is fine, make them carry the baby to term, they can leave it at the fire house when they're done, is so dismissive of everything that pregnancy is about"
Joy Reid: "[T]his movement shouldn't be called pro-life. It should be called get them born and then it's your problem b/c...they don't want to spend money on education. They will not expand ObamaCare, so people don't have insurance."
DOOCY TIME: "Before Joe Biden was president, he said that covid travel restrictions on foreign countries were 'hysterical,' 'xenophobia,' and 'fearmongering.' So, what changed?
Psaki demands Doocy "pull it in full context," which was Biden condemning a Trump tweet, not the ban
Doocy: "We saw the President shopping indoors on Saturday behind glass that says face coverings acquired, but his face was uncovered. Why?
Psaki: He "follows the recommendations and the advice of the CDC. I don't know what the circumstances were of that particular moment."
Doocy: "He was shopping in a store and on the glass outside, it said 'face covering required' & we could see him inside and his face was uncovered."
Psaki: "Well, again, Peter, our recommendation and advice continues to be for people to wear masks when they are required..."
DOOCY TIME: "So, first, following up on the physical. If this was a routine physical, why wasn't it on the schedule that you gave us last night? Why the secrecy there?"
Doocy: "Is the President going to stop saying that the Build Back Better plan does not increase the deficit one single cent we now know that's not true."
Pskai: "It is true. And I would note that several economists and experts out there" agree
Doocy: "Biden himself in 2010 called" the CBO "the gold standard for Democrats & Republicans."
Psaki: "Well, Peter, since we're all here to communicate w/the public about accurate information...They still scored it but it's undervalued by the assessment of many economists[.]"