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   While CBS This Morning and ABC’s Good Morning America both   
   devoted full reports on Monday to the arrest of prominent   
   Democratic donor Ed Buck on drug charges following two recent   
   overdose deaths at his Los Angeles home, NBC’s Today show was   
   remarkably silent on the major political news.   
      
   “Breaking overnight, a leading Democratic Party donor is accused   
   of running a drug house where two men died. Why prosecutors in   
   Los Angeles call him a dangerous sexual predator,” co-host Tony   
   Dokoupil announced at the top of CBS This Morning. Introducing   
   the story minutes later, fellow co-host Anthony Mason repeated:   
   “A prominent Democratic donor is accused of running a drug den   
   out of his southern California home.” Mason added: “Buck is well-   
   known in Democratic Party circles and has donated to Hillary   
   Clinton and other high-profile candidates.”   
      
   Correspondent Nikki Battiste reported: “We do know Buck is   
   charged with a felony count of providing methamphetamine to a 37-   
   year-old man who then overdosed. Prosecutors call Buck a   
   violent, dangerous sexual predator who mainly preys on men made   
   vulnerable by addiction and homelessness.”   
      
   She noted that the “Democratic mega-donor” was “charged with   
   injecting drugs into a man” and that “police have eyed the   
   powerful political insider for more than two years.” Battiste   
   explained: “In January, angry crowds gathered outside Buck’s   
   apartment after 55-year-old Timothy Dean was found dead of an   
   overdose....In July, 2017, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore died there   
   in similar circumstances.”   
      
   Ironically, back on January 8, NBC Nightly News was the only   
   network evening newscast to cover those protests outside Buck’s   
   apartment.   
      
   On Monday, Battiste offered more details: “In court filings,   
   prosecutors say Buck used the bait of ‘narcotics, money, and   
   shelter’ to lure victims to his home, where, ‘in a position of   
   power, Buck manipulates his victims into participating in his   
   sexual fetishes.’” She again highlighted his political   
   connections: “Buck is an LGBTQ activist who has donated tens of   
   thousands of dollars to high-profile Democratic candidates,   
   Including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.”   
      
   “Now to a big arrest overnight. A major Democratic donor, Ed   
   Buck, is in custody this morning, charged with operating a drug   
   house and linked to the deaths of two men at his home,” Good   
   Morning America co-host Michael Strahan informed viewers.   
   Reporter Matt Gutman declared: “In the space of just a few   
   months, Ed Buck went from being Democratic Party darling to   
   accused predator, with the L.A.D.A. saying that he lured men   
   struggling with homelessness and addiction to this apartment   
   with the promise of drugs, money, and shelter.”   
      
   While describing how Buck was “trying to duck photographers”   
   during his overnight arrest, Gutman followed up by observing:   
   “But he’s been highly visible as a Democratic donor, giving more   
   than $100,000 to the party over the years and hosting   
   fundraisers for Hillary Clinton, former Governor Jerry Brown and   
   Congressman Ted Lieu.”   
      
   Just imagine if a prominent financial backer of President Trump   
   was arrested for similar crimes, it’s hard to believe that NBC   
   would skip the story, especially when both of its network   
   competitors were covering the crime.   
      
   Here is a full transcript of the September 18 report on CBS This   
   Morning:   
      
   7:11 AM ET   
      
   ANTHONY MASON: A prominent Democratic donor is accused of   
   running a drug den out of his southern California home. Ed Buck   
   is behind bars after his arrest overnight. Two men have died in   
   his West Hollywood home from apparent overdoses since 2017. A   
   third man survived an overdose last week. Buck is well-known in   
   Democratic Party circles and has donated to Hillary Clinton and   
   other high-profile candidates. Nikki Battiste is following the   
   case. Nikki, what more do we know?   
      
   NIKKI BATTISTE: Anthony, good morning. We do know Buck is   
   charged with a felony count of providing methamphetamine to a 37-   
   year-old man who then overdosed. Prosecutors call Buck a   
   violent, dangerous sexual predator who mainly preys on men made   
   vulnerable by addiction and homelessness.   
      
   [ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Democratic Donor Arrested; Prosecutors Call   
   Ed Buck a “Violent, Dangerous Sexual Predator”]   
      
   Democratic mega-donor Ed Buck left his Los Angeles home   
      
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