ABC, CBS Help Boost Obama’s ‘Paid Sick Leave’ Mandate

ABC, CBS Help Boost Obama’s ‘Paid Sick Leave’ Mandate (NewsBusters)

On Thursday, ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS This Morning eagerly promoted President Obama’s latest proposal that would require all private companies provide their employees with “at least seven days of paid sick leave.” NBC’s Today did not cover President Obama’s initiative on their Thursday morning broadcast.  

During the network coverage of Obama’s initiative, GMA co-host Robin Roberts cheered on the program and insisted that “studies have shown again and again and again that paid sick leave, not only benefits workers and their families but employers, as well, because productivity goes up.”