The Friday evening newscasts of ABC’s World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, and CBS Evening News continued their streak of ignoring Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s ethics probe as the House Ethics Committee found her guilty of 25 ethics charges. However, the Saturday editions of NBC’s Today and CBS Saturday Morning did manage to ever so briefly acknowledge the scandal’s existence. The same could not be said of ABC’s Good Morning America.
CBS’s coverage was limited to the “Eye Opener” segment at the beginning of the show, where reporters rattle off several headlines without further discussion. In this case, one narrator reported, “A Democratic House lawmaker is in hot water, facing expulsion from Congress.”
Albeit very briefly, NBC’s “Today” and “CBS Saturday Morning” managed to report on Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick being found guilty by the House Ethics Committee and identify her as a Democrat. ABC, not so much. pic.twitter.com/bLRfTisrRv
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Another added, “The House Ethics Committee charged Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick with 25 counts of misconduct” before the original voice added that Cherfilus-McCormick, “Also faces criminal charges for misusing millions of dollars.”
Meanwhile, over at Today, during a similar rapid-fire headline reading, co-host Peter Alexander declared, “This headline from Capitol Hill Friday where a special House Ethics Subcommittee found a Florida representative guilty of 25 ethics charges. Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is accused of stealing millions in relief funds and funneling some of it to her campaign. The decision sets the stage for her likely ouster from Congress. Cherfilus-McCormick has denied any wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to criminal charges.”
While both NBC and CBS managed to identify Cherfilus-McCormick’s party—something that is never guaranteed when the corrupt politician is a Democrat—they still barely covered it. Yet, that was still better than ABC’s total omission. It takes a two-thirds vote to expel someone from the House, and if the networks want to redeem themselves on this scandal, they should have more in-depth reports, including of their congressional correspondents pestering Democrats if they plan to vote to expel her the same way Republicans expelled George Santos.
Here are transcripts for the March 28 shows:
NBC Today
3/28/2026
8:31 AM ET
PETER ALEXANDER: This headline from Capitol Hill Friday where a special House Ethics Subcommittee found a Florida representative guilty of 25 ethics charges. Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is accused of stealing millions in relief funds and funneling some of it to her campaign. The decision sets the stage for her likely ouster from Congress. Cherfilus-McCormick has denied any wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to criminal charges.
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CBS Saturday Morning
3/27/2026
8:01 AM ET
MALE REPORTER: A Democratic House lawmaker is in hot water, facing expulsion from Congress.
FEMALE REPORTER: The House Ethics Committee charged Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick with 25 counts of misconduct.
MALE REPORTER: Also faces criminal charges for misusing millions of dollars.
