Networks Skip Trump’s Order to Protect Free Speech, Cover New Zealand Gun Ban Instead

Networks Skip Trump’s Order to Protect Free Speech, Cover New Zealand Gun Ban Instead
President Donald Trump signs an executive order during an East Room event at the White House March 21, 2019 in Washington. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Ivan Pentchoukov
Updated:
Broadcast television networks ignored President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order to protect the First Amendment right to free speech on college campuses on March 21, according to a review of evening broadcast coverage by The Media Research Center.

ABC, CBS, and NBC instead devoted ample air time to covering the so-called “assault weapons” ban in New Zealand, which would, if attempted in the United States, violate the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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