MSNBC Primetime Ignores Terror Plot Reported by Nets, CNN, FNC


	MSNBC Primetime Ignores Terror Plot Reported by Nets, CNN, FNC

merrie

9-28-2009 8:23 AM

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arrest of terror suspect najibullah zazi, colorado and queens ny, msnbc, sept. 11th, terror plot, trained with al-qaeda

merrie says:

Friday, September 24, Hardball, read by correspondent Christina Brown: "Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi is back in New York. He was flown from Colorado to a detention facility in Brooklyn to face charges of conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction on U.S. soil."

By contrast, FNC's The O'Reilly Factor mentioned the story twice during the past week, while Special Report with Bret Baier mentioned it three times -- on September 18, 21, and 25. CNN's Campbell Brown covered the story even more aggressively, as the story received attention on her show on September 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, and 25. News of the plot also ran a few times on Anderson Cooper 360 and on Lou Dobbs Tonight.

ABC's World News with Charles Gibson, the CBS Evening News, and the NBC Nightly News all ran several reports on the story over the past two weeks.

Below is the complete transcript of one such story which aired on the NBC Nightly News on Monday, September 21:

By Brad Wilmouth
Sept. 28, 2009

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