The Watchdog with David Bozell

ABC’s approach exceeds mere bias. The network maintains a shameless corporate blackout that puts children last.

Between April 23 and 27, U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested more than two dozen Disney Cruise Line employees in a major child-pornography sting. Local LA outlets reported the arrests May 5. The New York Post took the story national May 6. 

Yet Disney-owned ABC News has delivered six straight days of total silence. Not one word on air.

A company built on magic, families, and children now sees its own news division refuse to report employees allegedly preying on kids.

Instead, ABC ran four glowing segments on former Disney CEO Bob Iger’s honorary degree, pushed American Idol promos, and wasted nearly three minutes on a New York coffee shop celebrating Cambodian culture. The network covered everything except the story that hits home.

Among the Big Three networks, ABC has been the most aggressively partisan. David Muir’s World News Tonight is delivering nearly 100% negative Trump coverage, night after night. The View maintains a near-total blockade of conservative guests and ideas. Jimmy Kimmel routinely traffics in lies. And George Stephanopoulos cost ABC a $15 million settlement after Trump sued over false on-air claims.

In cases where scandals hit Disney directly, ABC goes mute. If the same scandal had involved News Corp, Fox News’ parent company, ABC would have delivered wall-to-wall outrage and endless sermons on corporate culture, accountability, and protecting children.

Much more stands at stake than ratings or embarrassment. When media outlets claiming to defend the public instead shield corporate parents from child-sex scandals, trust dies, and real children pay the price.

ABC’s blackout prompted the Media Research Center to release a special report exposing the omission. Our organization will not let the network bury the story.

Thank you for standing with the effort. The fight for truth, accountability, and basic decency is too important to lose.

​​​​​​​Take it easy, 

David Bozell
President