Networks Silent On ABC News Hot Mic Story

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Multiple outlets have ignored reporting on ABC News anchor Amy Robach’s moment caught on camera where she accused the network of shutting down her story on the late alleged child sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, reports The Daily Caller.

Robach was caught on camera, with footage released by Project Veritas on Tuesday, expressing frustration that her interview with Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre was allegedly killed by the network. The anchor said Buckingham Palace threatened ABC News after finding out Prince Andrew was a part of the story and added that she “had all of” the reporting years ago.

“I’ve had this story for three years,” Robach said in the video. “I tried for three years to get it on to no avail, and now it’s all coming out and it’s like these new revelations. And I freaking had all of it. I’m so pissed right now.”

Outlets that covered the story included Axios, The Associated Press, The Daily Beast, Fox News, Vox, The Washington Post and others. Despite the story being covered widely, multiple major outlets failed to report on it.

CNN’s Brian Stelter mentioned Robach’s moment in his newsletter Tuesday, but the outlet has not published a story on its website and hosts ignored the report during Tuesday evening’s news cycle, according to an analysis from the Daily Caller News Foundation, which included a search of key words for broadcast television transcripts.

CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the network’s lack of reporting on the story, besides Stelter’s newsletter.

CBS News was another outlet that ignored the report, failing to cover the story both on air and on its website. Another outlet that avoided the coverage was MSNBC, which didn’t mention it on air during Tuesday’s news cycle and had no stories on its website about the topic. NBC News is another outlet that avoided the report on air, although a story from the AP was published to its website.

Mainstream media essentially has an unspoken rule not to cover anything Project Veritas does, as the group’s controversial founder, James O'Keefe, describes himself as a “guerrilla journalist” who has used questionable tactics in the past. But the ABC video has been verified by none other than ABC itself as authentic, and has therefore created quite a conundrum for mainstream media, reports Fox News.