Nets Stop Praising Pelosi's 'Power Play' To Bash Trump for 'Petty Feud' #GreatAwakening
When Speaker Pelosi called for the State of the Union address to be postponed, network morning show anchors celebrated it as a “bold” move and a “power play” — until they needed an excuse to criticize the President for retaliating. President Trump responded to Pelosi’s move by cancelling her military flight overseas, prompting those same network hosts to redefine the whole ordeal as a “petty feud”.
On Thursday, the morning show hosts on ABC, CBS, and NBC had nothing but admiration for Pelosi’s letter to the President expressing her desire to cancel the State of the Union address. On three occasions, hosts on ABC’s Good Morning America deemed it a “power play,” and congressional correspondent Mary Bruce called the Democratic Speaker’s move “bold” and “brazen.”
The “power play” language was also heard on NBC’s Today, and White House correspondent Peter Alexander marveled that Pelosi was “flexing her muscles.” On CBS This Morning it was framed as adroit “political maneuvering” and a “power move.”
For the reaction on Thursday's morning shows, watch the video below:
However, after President Trump cancelled Pelosi’s military plane to Afghanistan that same day, network hosts shifted gears. None of the three morning shows on Friday offered any further characterization of Pelosi’s move. Instead, they portrayed both sides as embroiled in a petty game of politics — with extra emphasis on the President.
A far cry from the previous day's verbiage, ABC’s Good Morning America anchor Cecilia Vega soft-pedaled Pelosi’s letter as a mere suggestion: “After she suggested he postpone the State of the Union, he abruptly cancelled her trip to Afghanistan on a military plane.” On CBS This Morning, the feud was described as a “petty political battle,” but hosts used negative no language to specifically reference Pelosi’s letter.
Over at NBC’s Today, Peter Alexander remarked that Trump’s “apparent payback” to Pelosi was “laced with sarcasm,” though he also described it as a “power play.” Like CBS, no NBC journalists offered any further remarks about Pelosi’s actions in particular. Hosts, described back-and-forth as “bitter” and full of “pettiness.”
The network hosts would have appeared hypocritical if they had continued to praise Pelosi’s move while at the same time lambasting Trump for hitting back. But their commentary on Thursday, which occurred before the President had retaliated, still gives the appearance of a double standard when compared with their coverage Friday morning.
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