Sixty-Three Seconds of Shame: Major Networks Balk at Jay Jones Scandal
In politics, silence can be louder than words. For five full days, the major networks — ABC, CBS, PBS — said nothing. Not a word about Virginia Democrat Jay Jones, the attorney general candidate caught sending text messages so violent they sounded like something from a crime thriller. Only NBC bothered to mention it. Sixty-three seconds. That’s all. The Media Research Center combed through every major broadcast — World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, NewsHour — from the Friday the story broke through Tuesday morning. The silence was deafening. It began when National Review revealed Jones’ 2022