CIA director’s chilling ISIS update ignored by Sunday shows; Fox lone exception

“Fox News Sunday” was the only major talk show over the weekend to cover CIA Director John Brennan’s chilling update on the strength of the Islamic State terror group.

Mr. Brennan told the Senate Intelligence Committee last Thursday that ISIS or ISIL, another name for the Islamic State, has not lost its capacity for conducting terrorist attacks despite battlefield losses in Iraq and Syria.

Three of the four prominent Sunday shows failed to cover his testimony despite the June 12 terrorist attack in Orlando, Florida, by ISIS supporter Omar Mateen.

CBS’s “Face the Nation,” ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and NBC’s “Meet the Press” all ignored the CIA director’s testimony, which in many ways contradicted statements by Mr. Obama on efforts to degrade the terror group.

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