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:
ABC coverage
DNC: Tuesday, August 26
RNC: Tuesday, September 2
Democrats, progressives
Donna Brazille
CNN political analyst, Gore/Lieberman '00 campaign manager
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
George Will
Washington Post columnist and regular panelist on ABC's This Week
Torie Clarke
former Pentagon spokeswoman, former McCain spokeswoman
CBS coverage
DNC: Tuesday, August 26
RNC: Tuesday, September 2
Democrats, progressives
Joe Trippi
CBS News political analyst, campaign manager for Howard Dean in '04
Mark Warner
former governor of Virginia, candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia
Lisa Caputo
press secretary to former first lady Hillary Clinton
Michael Dukakis
1988 presidential nominee
Ed Rendell
governor of Pennsylvania
Beau Biden
Delaware attorney general, son of Sen. Joe Biden
Republicans, conservatives
Dan Bartlett
CBS political analyst, former counselor to President Bush
Tim Pawlenty
governor of Minnesota
Dan Bartlett
CBS political analyst, former counselor to President Bush
Mitt Romney
former governor of Massachusetts and former presidential candidate
Steve Schmidt
McCain campaign manager
Lindsey Graham
senator from South Carolina, McCain national campaign committee member