Neither ABC nor CBS aired analysis from Democrats, Democratic strategists, or progressive media figures during their live coverage of the second day of the Republican National Convention. By contrast, both aired analysis from Republicans and conservatives, as well as from Democrats and progressives, during coverage of the second day of the Democratic National Convention.
ABC, CBS aired no analysis from Dems during Day 2 of RNC coverage, despite airing analysis by Republicans during Day 2 of DNC coverage
Written by Christine Schwen & Morgan Weiland
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Neither ABC nor CBS aired analysis from Democrats, Democratic strategists, or progressive media figures during their live coverage of the second day of the Republican National Convention on September 2 (the first day of the networks' live coverage of the convention). By contrast, both networks aired analysis from Republicans and conservatives, as well as from Democrats and progressives, during coverage of the second day of the Democratic National Convention on August 26.
Media Matters for America counted elected officials and strategists affiliated with each party who appeared on the networks during the 10 p.m. ET hour of convention coverage, but omitted interviews of delegates on the floor of the conventions (who presumably were members of the parties holding the convention). Findings are included in the table below:
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DNC: Tuesday, August 26 |
RNC: Tuesday, September 2 |
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Democrats, progressives |
Donna Brazille |
CNN political analyst, Gore/Lieberman '00 campaign manager |
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Republicans, conservatives |
Matthew Dowd |
ABC News political contributor, chief strategist for Bush/Cheney '04 |
Matthew Dowd |
ABC News political contributor, chief strategist for Bush/Cheney '04 |
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George Will |
Washington Post columnist and regular panelist on ABC's This Week |
Torie Clarke |
former Pentagon spokeswoman, former McCain spokeswoman |
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DNC: Tuesday, August 26 |
RNC: Tuesday, September 2 |
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Democrats, progressives |
Joe Trippi |
CBS News political analyst, campaign manager for Howard Dean in '04 |
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Mark Warner |
former governor of Virginia, candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia |
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Lisa Caputo |
press secretary to former first lady Hillary Clinton |
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Michael Dukakis |
1988 presidential nominee |
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Ed Rendell |
governor of Pennsylvania |
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Beau Biden |
Delaware attorney general, son of Sen. Joe Biden |
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Republicans, conservatives |
Dan Bartlett |
CBS political analyst, former counselor to President Bush |
Tim Pawlenty |
governor of Minnesota |
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Dan Bartlett |
CBS political analyst, former counselor to President Bush |
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Mitt Romney |
former governor of Massachusetts and former presidential candidate |
Steve Schmidt |
McCain campaign manager |
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Lindsey Graham |
senator from South Carolina, McCain national campaign committee member |
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