Just looking out for their Dear Leader.
Via Newsbusters:
All three networks on Friday hyped Barack Obama’s call for “free community college,” but CBS, NBC and ABC offered very little skepticism about the cost or feasability of such a proposal. Instead, Today news reader Natalie Morales sounded like a press release, enthusing, “Relief could be on the way for college students facing skyrocketing tuition costs. President Obama said Thursday night that he would like to see the first two years of community college free for everybody who is willing to work for it.”
Earlier, she murmured, “Community college for free?” On CBS This Morning, Bill Plante just regurgitated why this announcement was a good move for the White House: “The idea behind laying this out today is to preview the State of the Union message, which is designed to propose alternatives to the agendas of the Republican-controlled Congress.”
It wasn’t until the very end of the segment that Plante quickly offered what should be an important point: “But so far the administration is not saying what this would cost.”