Network news lets Biden off the hook for fentanyl crisis

In eight and a half months of fentanyl stories, ABC, CBS and NBC allowed just two mentions — totaling 30 seconds — of the man in charge of the immigration policy leading to this drug crisis.

MRC analysts reviewed every one of these stories on the broadcast network morning and evening newscasts from January 1, 2022 through September 15, 2022. They found 39 minutes and 56 seconds of coverage on the epidemic, but just 30 seconds devoted to Biden or his role in any way.

As for the total amount of coverage on fentanyl, CBS offered by far the most: 29 minutes and five seconds. NBC came in a distant second at six minutes and 54 seconds and ABC managed a scant two minutes and 57 seconds.