Topic: CNSNews.com
The right-wing bias with which CNSNews.com has covered President Trump's impeachment process extended to the arguments on the Senate floor in Trump's impeachment trial.
CNS presented the arguments of Trump's defense team in a straightforward manner without additional editorial comment and leaving their arguments unchallenged:
- WH Counsel Pat Cipollone: ‘They Are Here to Steal Two Elections’
- Cipollone: Nadler Should Be 'Embarrassed' for 'the Way You've Addressed This Body'
- Cipollone: Impeachment Brief Claims ‘Overwhelming’ Evidence – 6 Times – But, Dems Now Say It’s Not Enough
- Cipollone: Impeachment Dems 'Came Here - for 24 Hours - and Hid Evidence from You'
- Sekulow: What Has Taken Place in These Proceedings Is Not to Be Confused with Due Process
- Trump Defense Team: Why Don't We Know More About the Whistleblower's Bias?
- Trump's Defense: After Democrats' 'Bluster and Innuendo,' Six Key Facts Remain
- Sekulow: 'The President Had Reason to Be Concerned' About the Information He Was Getting
- Sekulow: Disagreeing with Trump on Whose Advice to Take Is Not an Impeachable Offense
- Cipollone Uses Video of Dems' Own Words on Impeachment Against Them: 'I Couldn't Say It Better Myself'
- Ken Starr: Following DOJ, WH Counsel’s Advice Is Not an Impeachable Offense
- Cipollone: Any Law Student Would Have an Easy Answer to Impeachment Question: Reject It
- Concerns About Biden’s Role in Ukraine Are Not ‘Baseless,’ Trump Team Argues
- Dershowitz: ‘Would You Want Your Actions to be Probed’ for Your ‘Real’ Motivation?
- Dershowitz: Not Unlawful for President to Use Quid Pro Quo Unless the Quo Is Illegal
- Cipollone: Obama’s Decision Not to Give Aid to Ukraine for 3 Years Worse Than Pause
- Philbin: ‘If It’s a Legitimate Inquiry in the National Interest, That’s the End of It’
- Trump's Team: 'Once You're Into Mixed-Motive Land,' Democrats' Impeachment Case Fails
- Trump's Defense: Calling Bolton As a Witness Would 'Forever' Weaken the Executive Branch
- Sekulow Slams Schiff: Secrecy Ok for Whistleblower, But Not for Trump-Bolton Conversations?
- Cipollone: Obama’s Decision Not to Give Aid to Ukraine for 3 Years Worse Than Pause
By contrast, CNS' news stories on the arguments made by the House impeachment managers were not only fewer in number, they reguarly included editorial comment, usually by Susan Jones, and focused only on the words of leader Adam Schiff despite the fact thatseveral other House managers also spoke:
- Schiff Sweeps VP Pence, Other Top Officials Into Trump's 'Scheme' to 'Cheat'
- Schiff: Trump Must Be Removed Because You Can't Trust Him 'To Do What's Right for This Country'
- Schiff: Trump ‘Has Made a Religious Man Out of Vladimir Putin’
- Schiff Tells Senators They Must Not Allow Trump to Run for Re-Election
- Schiff Suggests Stopping Aid to Ukraine Could Have Ultimately Resulted in Russia Attacking U.S. Here
Jones began one story by sneering: "To those who have been listening all along, nothing new emerged at the Senate impeachment trial on Wednesday, as House Democrats laid out their case, repeating many of the arguments they used in the lead-up to impeachment."
In another one, however, Jones did seem to concede the fact that Trump's claim that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential electionhas been "debunked," even though she has uncritically promoted the conspiracy theory in the past.
The utter imbalance in quantity and tone of how the House managers were reported, compared with how Trump's defense team was reported on, seems to violate CNS' mission statement to "fairly present all legitimate sides of a story." CNS absolutely cannot claim that happened here.
