NBC News came under fire on social media over a "ridiculous" headline that seemed to fault "conservative news outlets" for reporting that a Democrat Senate staffer filmed a gay sex video in a Capitol Hill hearing room.
Fox News Digital reports the story came after the Daily Caller published an amateur pornographic video Friday that showed an alleged congressional staffer engaging in sex with another man in Hart Senate Office Building room 216. According to the Daily Caller, the video was leaked after being "shared in a private group for gay men in politics."
NBC’s framing of this is outrageous & belongs in the Media Bias Hall of Fame.
— Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) December 17, 2023
A Dem senator’s staffer videotaped himself having sex in a Senate committee room, shared it online with others, and got fired when it became public.
But NBC casts conservatives as the bad guys. https://t.co/AuT0ajhT3q
Posts on social media claimed the alleged staffer worked for Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. Hours after the story broke, Cardin's office announced that a legislative aide had been dismissed but did not explicitly link the staffer or his dismissal to the sex tape. The identities of the men in the extremely graphic video have not been confirmed by Fox News.
"Senate staffer alleged by conservative outlets to have had sex in a hearing room is no longer employed," the NBC headline read.
Right, those pesky “conservative news outlets” are the real problem here. https://t.co/wTVmvb26gD
— Rep. Ralph Norman (@RepRalphNorman) December 17, 2023
The headline’s emphasis on "conservative outlets" angered social media users for making the Daily Caller the center of the story.
"NBC’s framing of this is outrageous & belongs in the Media Bias Hall of Fame. A Dem senator’s staffer videotaped himself having sex in a Senate committee room, shared it online with others, and got fired when it became public. But NBC casts conservatives as the bad guys," Trump's 2020 campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said.
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