Mainstream Media Ignored Van Jones Controversy

FOX News has assembled a timeline of how the mainstream media, print and broadcast, covered the Van Jones story.

Who reported what and when?

Here’s the rundown of coverage from print and broadcast news outlets on the Jones ordeal:

• Wednesday, September 2 – no mention from CBS, NBC, ABC or The Washington Post & The New York Times.

• Thursday, September 3 – no mention from CBS, NBC, ABC or The Washington Post & The New York Times print editions. (A Washington Post blog picks up the story eventually).

• Friday, September 4 – ABC & NBC do not cover the story on their broadcasts, CBS evening news files a report from Bill Plante.

• Saturday, September 5—no mention from CBS, NBC or ABC on the evening newscasts or The New York Times print edition (Their blog The Caucus does pick it up eventually). The Washington Post runs a story in their print edition about the White House being quiet about the controversy.

• Sunday, September 6—no mention from The New York Times or The Washington Post early print editions (the story breaks overnight and is too late for print). All evening newscasts pick up the story high in their shows.

• Monday, September 7 – The New York Times morning print edition runs its first mention of the story on a front page, under- the-fold piece.

• (Note: CNN’s Lou Dobbs references Van Jones on September 3, and MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann airs Beck clips and talks about Van Jones, but largely talks about Beck’s attacks on Rockefeller).

The booming calls for Jones’ resignation and questions over his ability to land such a position wasn’t just coming from Republicans, although the conservative blogosphere heavily picked up the issue. Democrats and security experts weighed in, wondering how Van Jones could have passed thorough and lengthy background checks and still landed the job.

If this doesn't show that the mainstream media are actively covering up for the Obama administration and serving as propaganda arms of the administration, nothing does.