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BROADCAST BIAS: Networks furious that courts ended racial gerrymandering

From labeling bias to covert activists, the redistricting coverage reveals a partisan pattern

By Tim Graham Fox News

Published May 9, 2026 8:00am EDT

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Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats' redistricting plan

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The Supreme Court’s decision to reject racial gerrymandering brought out the worst excesses on the broadcast networks. An ABC reporter stood in front of the White House on April 29 and claimed the decision was in line with President Donald Trump’s "eager" efforts to "put additional restrictions on voting writ large" and "taking steps to really undermine confidence in the voting system ahead of the midterms."

These networks have a disturbing tendency to equate "democracy" and "civil rights" with whatever helps Democrats. Both parties this year have been aggressively pushing redistricting, but the media hasn’t displayed a nonpartisan reformist approach, urging a less political redistricting approach. Instead, they clothe all the Democrat arguments in favorable terms.

Red states in the South moving to change district lines before the midterms is certainly disadvantageous to Democrats, which is countered by their media advantage in how it’s presented. "PBS News Hour" anchor Amna Nawaz summarized on Tuesday: "The Supreme Court ruling against drawing congressional maps to protect black or other minority voters has sparked a new wave in the ongoing redistricting war."

Over the years, both parties have supported majority-minority districts to put Democrats together and ensure Black Democrats can win perennially........

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