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Drew WilsonDecember 7, 2015

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Major networks have already spent more than 14 hours of nightly news airtime covering presidential candidates this year, according to a report detailing broadcast coverage of 2016 presidential candidates. The Tyndall Report, which tallies coverage from ABC, NBC and CBS, found the big three networks had spent a combined 857 minutes covering 2016 presidential campaigns […]

Mitch PerryAugust 24, 2015

One of the factors in Donald Trump’s surprise success in the polls (other than it’s August of 2015 and doesn’t mean whole lot) is that the mainstream (i.e. television) media has pretty much handled him with kid gloves. And why not, since he’s ratings (and clickbait) gold? Maybe – just maybe, that tide is beginning […]

Mitch PerryJune 24, 2015

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Floridians have somewhat ambivalent feelings about Bruce Jenner‘s transition to Caitlyn Jenner, but most adults in the Sunshine State as well as in Ohio and Pennsylvania say there is “a lot” or “some” social acceptance of transgender people in the nation today, according to a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released Wednesday. The former Olympian’s transition has […]

Phil AmmannJune 13, 2015

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Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida, the state’s largest construction industry trade association, honored three Republicans as its 2015 Legislators of the Year. On Friday, ABC recognized state Sens. Alan Hays of Umatilla and Jack Latvala of Clearwater, and Rep. Keith Perry from Gainesville for their sponsorship and passage of Senate Bill 778, known as […]

Mitch PerryApril 27, 2015

A really unusual thing happened this weekend — ABC’s much-hyped interview with Bruce Jenner wasn’t terrible. If fact, it was riveting, as the former Olympic hero acknowledged what has hardly been a secret during the past year or so – he’s transitioning to becoming a woman. “My whole life has prepared me for this moment,” Jenner […]

Tag: ABC

Major networks spent 14 hours on candidate coverage in 2015, report shows

Mitch Perry Report for 8.24.15 – Immigration follies

Majority of Floridians say Caitlyn Jenner’s transition won’t change society’s feelings

ABC of Florida names Alan Hays, Jack Latvala and Keith Perry as Legislators of the Year

Mitch Perry Report for 4.27.15 — Bruce Jenner’s journey