NBC Interrupts Hurricane Coverage to Hype ‘Political Storm’ Over Trump’s Arpaio Pardon

Kyle Drennen | August 28, 2017
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On Monday, NBC’s Today put coverage of Hurricane Harvey’s devastation in Texas on hold to allow correspondent Peter Alexander time to devote a full report to bashing President Trump’s Friday decision to pardon controversial former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Amid news of actual storm damage, Alexander hyped the supposed “political storm” swirling around the White House.