Media Misses: 222 Mentions of Impeachment in 1 Day

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We break down the top media moments this week—and plenty of misses.

Media hysteria was at an all-time high. According to the Media Research Center, on Wednesday, Aug. 22, CNN and MSNBC mentioned “impeachment” 222 times over a period of 18 hours as news broke about former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. How will President Donald Trump’s supporters react? We break it down. And after it was announced that the suspect in college student Mollie Tibbetts’ murder is an illegal immigrant, the media is turning on one another over the coverage of her case.

There’s no fake news here. Watch the video above for this week’s media misses and be sure to leave us your feedback at [email protected] and you could be featured in next week’s episode.