On Tuesday night time, Lori Lightfoot was the primary mayor of Chicago to lose a reelection bid in over 40 years. This was principally on account of her disastrous tenure as mayor which noticed crime skyrocket within the windy metropolis by historic margins. Regardless of the historic nature of her loss in Tuesday’s election, ABC’s World Information Tonight, CBS Night Information, and NBC Nightly Information apparently had no real interest in reporting that the mayor of America’s third largest metropolis was ousted for the primary time in 4 a long time. 

Their respective morning exhibits did cowl Tuesday’s mayoral election within the type of fast information briefs; ABC’s Good Morning America, CBS Mornings and NBC’s Right this moment solely managed to muster 14 seconds, 36 seconds, and 28 seconds respectively on Wednesday morning. 

Apparently, the three networks thought that was sufficient for the day since by Wednesday night the story was nowhere to be discovered. ABC’s World Information Tonight, and CBS Night Information did have loads of time to cowl a constructing fireplace in Buffalo, New York, whereas NBC Nightly Information was preoccupied with native climate forecasts. 

In the meantime, on Fox Information Channel’s Particular Report the place actual journalism takes place, correspondent Garrett Tenney saved viewers knowledgeable on the gorgeous upset in Chicago.

“4 years after profitable each ward within the metropolis and changing into Chicago’s first black feminine and first overtly homosexual mayor, Lori Lightfoot is out of a job. Changing into the primary windy metropolis mayor in 40 years to not win a second time period,” Tenney reported. 

He revealed how “crime and security have been the highest points on this race. And underneath Lightfoot’s watch crime has surged to a few of the highest ranges in a era.”

“Each candidates vying to switch her in an April 4 runoff are making public security a spotlight of their marketing campaign albeit with vastly completely different methods to show the town round,” Tenney added. 

Amongst two of the candidates who beat out Lightfoot are Prepare dinner County commissioner Brandon Johnson who helps defunding the police and funneling taxpayer {dollars} into social packages as a approach to someway clear up Chicago’s crime downside.

The opposite candidate, Paul Vallas is the previous CEO of Chicago public colleges and “argues the town wants extra officers to get crime underneath management and desires to reverse latest coverage adjustments that he says restricts cops from doing their jobs,” Tenney revealed. 

This bias by omission from the three networks was made potential by United Healthcare on ABC, Prevagen on CBS, and Liberty Mutual on NBC. Their info is linked. 

The transcript is beneath. Click on “broaden” to learn: 

FNC’s Particular Report
3/1/2023
6:33:18 p.m. Jap 

BRET BAIER: Chicago is getting a brand new mayor. Subsequent month’s run off between the 2 high finishers in yesterday’s election is not going to embody incumbent Lori Lightfoot. Correspondent Garrett Tenney is in Chicago tonight. 

MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT: We did not win the election at present. However I stand right here with my head held excessive. 

GARRETT TENNEY: 4 years after profitable each ward within the metropolis and changing into Chicago’s first black feminine and first overtly homosexual mayor, Lori Lightfoot is out of a job. Changing into the primary windy metropolis mayor in 40 years to not win a second time period. Crime and security have been the highest points on this race. And underneath Lightfoot’s watch crime has surged to a few of the highest ranges in a era. 

Each candidates vying to switch her in an April 4 runoff are making public security a spotlight of their marketing campaign albeit with vastly completely different methods to show the town round. 

BRANDON JOHNSON: Nicely, here is Brandon. 

TENNEY: Prepare dinner County commissioner Brandon Johnson, who has the backing of the politically highly effective instructor’s union, was a vocal supporter of defunding the police, and says if he’s elected, he’ll improve taxes and make investments extra in social companies to handle the basis causes of crime. 

JOHNSON: Irrespective of the place you reside, it doesn’t matter what you seem like, you need to have a greater, stronger, safer Chicago.

TENNEY: Paul Vallas, the previous CEO of Chicago public colleges is endorsed by the police union. He argues the town wants extra officers to get crime underneath management and desires to reverse latest coverage adjustments that he says restricts cops from doing their jobs. 

PAUL VALLAS: Public security is the basic proper of each American. It’s a civil proper. 

TENNEY: This race may also give us a sign of the place the nation’s third largest metropolis is politically and whether or not voters right here embrace an much more progressive candidate and agenda than Chicago’s had the final 4 years.