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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'CBS Evening News' Only Broadcast Network To Say Nothing On-Air About Trump Pardon Of Money-Laundering Crypto CEO
Changpeng Zhao Has Biz Connections To POTUS FamilyAmong the broadcast networks, the CBS Evening News on Thursday was the only news program not to mention Donald Trumps sudden pardon of money-laundering cryptocurrency billionaire Changpeng Zhao.
While ABC, CBS and PBS all covered the somewhat surprising legal break delivered to the convicted Canadian-born Binance founder, it was crickets on the Bari Weiss-controlled former home of Walter Cronkite. Fox doesnt have a nightly news show, but the pardon was covered by the likes of the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal and Fox News as well CNN, the New York Times, AP, Reuters, Axios and many more.
With the pardon unveiled Thursday morning, the absence of any story on Zhao one of the days biggest stories is all the more noticeable as questions emerge over the entwinement the Binance boss has had in recent months with the Trump familys lucrative crypto companies. Add to that the fact that one of the major elements of the Biden administrations prosecution of Binance and its ex-CEO is the lack of oversight the crypto exchange provided to crack down on widespread criminal and terrorist use of the platform.
Specifically, that terrorist use included the likes of Hamas using Binance for its finances. In addition, global gangs moved around funds that came out of child sex trafficking, prosecutors said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cbs-evening-news-only-broadcast-204900288.html
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'CBS Evening News' Only Broadcast Network To Say Nothing On-Air About Trump Pardon Of Money-Laundering Crypto CEO (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Friday
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Probably because they reported it yesterday. Colbert/CBS was all over it. And they probably
Silent Type
Friday
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Regretfully, I'm parting ways with watching CBS Evening News. The MAGAts can have it.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
Friday
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Silent Type
(11,656 posts)1. Probably because they reported it yesterday. Colbert/CBS was all over it. And they probably
had to report on other things like trumps crypt and ballroom to keep people from saying they didnt report that either.
Finally, the sites reporting this crud have an axe to grind with other networks.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/changpeng-zhao-trump-pardons-binance-crypto-exchange-founder-money-laundering/
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/president-trump-pardons-former-ceo-of-binance-changpeng-zhao/
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(1,390 posts)2. Regretfully, I'm parting ways with watching CBS Evening News. The MAGAts can have it.
Been a loyal viewer for most of my life, but I'm not going to, or need to, watch GOPaganda.