ABC News, the news division of the American Broadcasting Company, is one of the most recognized and trusted names in American media. For decades, it carried an aura of dependability and respectability, largely shaped by the gravitas of figures like Peter Jennings and Barbara Walters. For many baby boomers and Gen Xers, ABC News represented the mainstream center—a sober middle ground in American journalism.
That image, however, no longer reflects the editorial reality.
In the 21st century, ABC News has increasingly embraced a progressive cultural lens, not through bombastic partisanship, but through framing, story selection, tone, and institutional silence on matters inconvenient to the Left. This transformation has not been widely acknowledged—largely because it is cloaked in professionalism and moderated by careful presentation. But ABC now functions as a gatekeeper for elite liberal consensus, actively shaping what counts as acceptable public discourse and delegitimizing dissent.
ABC’s public image remains “mainstream,” but it is in fact deeply conformist to elite progressive norms on race, gender, sexuality, public health, climate, and politics. Its flagship shows—Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, and 20/20—are platforms not just for news, but for cultural mood-setting, reinforcing the worldview of the liberal class.
In this installment, we examine ABC News’s ideological trajectory, its alignment with Cultural Marxist themes, and its consistent marginalization of traditional values and voices.
Ownership and Worldview
ABC News is owned by The Walt Disney Company, one of the most influential cultural forces in the world. Disney’s progressive shift in recent years—from subtle moral liberalism to open LGBTQ+ activism and DEI mandates—has directly impacted ABC’s news division.
While ABC News maintains editorial independence from its parent company in theory, in practice, Disney’s corporate ethos—globalist, secular, progressive—is reflected in the tone and priorities of ABC News content.
Some examples include:
- Prioritizing stories about LGBTQ+ inclusion, gender identity, and racial equity
- Featuring drag culture and gender ideology positively in lifestyle and entertainment reporting
- Relying heavily on progressive “experts” to interpret medical, environmental, and legal matters
- Framing stories in ways that align with Hollywood’s cultural narrative rather than flyover America’s moral compass
The worldview that emerges from ABC News is not so much activist-leftist as it is progressive-establishment. It wears a suit, not a hoodie. It cites studies, not slogans. But it promotes the same ideologies—identity over individualism, equity over excellence, “inclusion” over conviction, and emotional resonance over objective truth.
Typical Claims and Outlook
ABC’s reporting style is sleek, polished, and visually powerful. It often presents news through emotive human-interest framing, choosing personal stories and dramatic visuals to frame broader policy issues. This storytelling mode creates the illusion of neutrality while embedding progressive moral judgments.
Typical claims include:
- Describing abortion restrictions as threats to women’s health and liberty
- Highlighting stories of transgender children and their “supportive” families, casting opponents as bigoted or misinformed
- Equating voter ID laws with systemic racism
- Treating Christian legal resistance to LGBTQ+ mandates as discriminatory rather than principled
- Depicting Trump-aligned candidates as dangerous, anti-democratic, or “election deniers”
While presenting itself as mainstream and balanced, ABC consistently elevates voices and values from the progressive quadrant, often framing conservative, religious, or traditional positions as controversial, fringe, or in need of correction.
Issue-by-Issue Breakdown
The position of a media outlet on these twenty issues serves as good litmus tests to determine whether the outlet belongs on the woke, left, “Progressive” side of the political aisle or the right, conservative political side of the aisle.
It is evident that this media outlet belongs on the left side of the aisle.
1. Election Integrity and Voter Laws
ABC News has portrayed voter ID laws and GOP election reforms as “restrictive,” often echoing Democratic talking points about voter suppression. During the 2020 election, the network actively discredited concerns over mail-in ballot integrity, presenting critics as conspiracy theorists while avoiding legitimate discussions about ballot harvesting, signature verification, and chain-of-custody issues.
2. Abortion and Reproductive Rights
ABC consistently supports abortion access. Coverage of the Dobbs decision framed it as an assault on women’s rights and health, often using emotionally charged anecdotes while avoiding fetal development facts or the constitutional arguments of the pro-life side. Pro-life groups are depicted as ideological or religious extremists.
3. Gender Identity and Transgender Policies
ABC is one of the most aggressive mainstream outlets in promoting transgender ideology, particularly through Good Morning America, which has featured child transitions, drag performers, and interviews with trans activists—often without counterbalance. Critics of gender ideology are rarely given serious attention, and medical concerns are downplayed.
4. Race and Systemic Racism
Coverage of race-related stories presupposes systemic racism as fact. Police interactions, education gaps, and health disparities are consistently attributed to institutional bias, with little consideration for alternative explanations (e.g., family structure, socioeconomic variables). ABC regularly platforms activists and academics from the DEI-industrial complex.
5. Climate Change and Energy Policy
Climate coverage is entirely one-sided. ABC treats climate alarmism as settled science, promotes green technology and government mandates, and rarely interviews credible skeptics or discusses the economic downsides of climate regulations. Stories often highlight extreme weather events as evidence of global warming without contextual data.
6. Immigration and Border Security
ABC presents immigration through the lens of humanitarian need, not national interest or sovereignty. Illegal immigrants are rarely called such—“undocumented” is the preferred term—and stories emphasize family separation, asylum seekers, and hardship. The dangers of open borders, cartel activity, and security threats are often downplayed or omitted entirely.
7. Israel and the Middle East Conflict
ABC’s Israel coverage has shifted in recent years toward a moral equivalence narrative. During conflicts with Hamas, the network highlights Palestinian suffering more than Israeli security realities, often without mentioning Hamas’s use of human shields or its genocidal charter. Stories are framed around the “occupation,” rarely explaining Israel’s legal or historical claims.
8. Second Amendment and Gun Control
Gun control is a favored cause at ABC. The network often highlights mass shootings with dramatic storytelling and interviews with grieving families, followed by advocacy for gun reform. Defensive gun use and constitutional arguments for the Second Amendment are rarely explored in depth, and pro-gun groups are portrayed as obstructionist or extreme.
9. LGBTQ+ Rights and Religious Liberty
ABC is a consistent advocate of LGBTQ+ causes. The network features Pride parades, drag culture, and transgender athletes positively, while often framing traditional Christian opposition as hate or bigotry. Religious liberty cases are rarely explored in their constitutional context, with coverage leaning toward the “discrimination” narrative.
10. COVID-19 Policy and Mandates
During the pandemic, ABC aligned closely with government and pharmaceutical narratives. The network aggressively promoted masking, lockdowns, and vaccine mandates. Alternative viewpoints, including those of credentialed scientists who questioned policy excesses, were generally ignored or mocked. Long-term consequences of lockdowns received scant attention.
11. Policing and Criminal Justice
ABC covered the George Floyd incident and its aftermath extensively, siding with protest narratives and police reform initiatives. While violent BLM protests were often referred to as “mostly peaceful,” incidents of police misconduct were magnified. The network shows little interest in the consequences of de-policing or the rise in urban crime.
12. Education and Parental Rights
ABC covers education from the perspective of teachers and administrators, not parents. Parental rights bills are frequently labeled “anti-LGBTQ” or “Don’t Say Gay” without serious engagement. The idea that public schools are advancing radical gender or racial ideologies is treated as a right-wing conspiracy rather than a cultural fact.
13. Censorship and Big Tech
ABC has defended social media censorship of “misinformation,” particularly related to COVID, elections, and gender. The network has not critically examined government collusion with Big Tech to suppress dissent, and its reporting often mirrors narratives promoted by progressive fact-checkers and digital censors.
14. January 6 and Political Violence
The Capitol riot is treated by ABC as a national trauma on par with 9/11. Its special coverage frames it as a near-overthrow of democracy, often without acknowledging security failures by Democrat-led agencies. Meanwhile, BLM/Antifa violence that caused billions in damage and multiple deaths received far more muted treatment.
15. Corporate Wokeness and ESG
ABC’s business and culture reporting applauds corporate DEI efforts, ESG investing, and LGBTQ+ branding. Conservative critiques of corporate activism are presented as narrow-minded or bigoted. Companies like Disney are covered positively for “inclusivity,” despite parental backlash or declining brand trust.
16. Hunter Biden and Political Corruption
ABC was among the outlets that downplayed or ignored the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020. Even now, its coverage of Biden family corruption is sparse, vague, or defensive. In contrast, negative stories about Trump, DeSantis, or conservative figures are given prominent and repeated coverage.
17. Trump and the Republican Party
Donald Trump is ABC’s favorite villain. Coverage frequently emphasizes chaos, criminal investigations, and “threats to democracy.” Even conservative Republicans not aligned with Trump are scrutinized for extremism. Moderate Democrats, on the other hand, are depicted as peacemakers or pragmatists.
18. Affirmative Action and Racial Preferences
The Supreme Court’s decision striking down racial quotas in college admissions was lamented by ABC News. Their framing portrayed affirmative action as necessary for equity, downplayed reverse discrimination, and minimized the voices of Asian-American plaintiffs who spearheaded the case.
19. International Institutions and Sovereignty
ABC’s coverage of international affairs generally favors multilateral institutions like the United Nations and WHO. Nationalist leaders or sovereignty movements are treated as threats to stability. Global cooperation, especially around climate, health, or migration, is viewed as inherently virtuous.
20. Culture War Issues
ABC is a cultural megaphone for progressive causes. Its lifestyle, entertainment, and human-interest reporting promote drag story hours, LGBTQ+ parenting, and secular spirituality, while casting skepticism on traditional Christian family values. The “culture war” is not framed as a clash of ideas, but as a moral struggle in which progressive values are presumed righteous.
Cultural Marxism and Ideological Influence
Though ABC News operates under the banner of journalistic professionalism, its editorial posture reflects a Cultural Marxist sensibility—not in overt revolutionary rhetoric, but in the subtle reframing of reality through identity, power, and victimhood.
The Cultural Marxist lens redefines human relationships in terms of oppressor vs. oppressed, and ABC applies this framework in nearly every controversial subject:
- Biological sex is oppressive, gender identity is liberation.
- Traditional morality is oppressive, progressive “inclusion” is virtue.
- National sovereignty is exclusionary, open borders are compassionate.
- Meritocracy is inequitable, affirmative action is justice.
- Parental authority is risky, state-sanctioned education is safe.
- Religious liberty is regressive, sexual autonomy is sacred.
By presenting these assumptions as moral consensus rather than ideological propositions, ABC reinforces Cultural Marxism’s goals without naming them. Stories are not just reports—they are morality plays, where “harm” is defined subjectively and truth is shaped to fit the progressive therapeutic narrative.
Notable Journalists, Editorial Practices, and Scandals
Key Media Personalities and Editors
- George Stephanopoulos
Former Clinton White House staffer turned anchor of This Week. His presence on ABC’s flagship political program is itself a testimony to elite progressive entrenchment. Despite a conflict of interest history, he continues to present himself as an impartial journalist. - David Muir
The host of World News Tonight, Muir’s broadcasts are known for their polished presentation and emotionally charged narratives. While less overtly ideological, the editorial framing of stories he delivers follows predictable progressive lines. - Robin Roberts
Co-anchor of Good Morning America, Roberts champions progressive causes, especially LGBTQ+ advocacy and racial justice narratives, often in lifestyle or human-interest segments that normalize radical ideas under the guise of compassion. - Terry Moran
A senior national correspondent who frequently covers the Supreme Court and political events, Moran’s commentary has tilted left in tone and interpretation, especially on cases involving religion, abortion, or immigration.
Scandals and Ethical Questions
- George Stephanopoulos’s Undisclosed Clinton Foundation Donations
In 2015, it was revealed that Stephanopoulos had donated $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation while covering the 2016 election. He failed to disclose this on air, raising serious questions about impartiality. ABC stood by him, issuing no real consequence. - Downplaying the Epstein Scandal
In 2019, a leaked video showed ABC anchor Amy Robach lamenting that the network had buried a bombshell Jeffrey Epstein report years earlier due to external pressures, including from the British royal family and threats from powerful individuals. The story was corroborated by leaked footage, but the network never aired the original exposé. - COVID-19 Censorship and Overreach
During the pandemic, ABC News heavily promoted vaccines, mandates, and lockdowns while ignoring or mocking dissenting expert opinions. Later revelations about side effects, vaccine limitations, and governmental overreach were covered lightly, if at all. - Selective Outrage over January 6 vs. BLM Riots
ABC provided wall-to-wall emotional coverage of the Capitol riot while minimizing the scope and damage of the 2020 BLM/Antifa riots, failing to contextualize the broader political and cultural implications of both movements.
Conclusion: ABC – Mainstream Packaging, Radical Undercurrents
ABC News is no longer the centrist, steady hand of American journalism it once appeared to be. Beneath its polished veneer and calm anchors, ABC advances a progressive worldview that subtly but persistently undermines traditional values, marginalizes conservative voices, and baptizes Cultural Marxism in the language of compassion.
Unlike fringe outlets or explicitly left-wing networks, ABC hides its bias behind mainstream branding. Its strength lies not in its volume, but in its reliability as a cultural normalizer. And that makes its ideological influence all the more effective—and insidious.
From identity politics and gender ideology to election narratives and religious liberty, ABC’s editorial trajectory reveals not neutrality, but conformity to the values of America’s elite left—a blend of moral relativism, therapeutic sentimentality, and technocratic control.
For patriotic, Christian Americans committed to biblical truth and constitutional liberty, ABC News is not merely slanted—it is a cultural formation machine wrapped in the language of trust and tradition.
And for that reason, ABC News secures its place in the Hall of Shame.
S.D.G.,
Robert Sparkman
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christiannewsjunkie@gmail.com
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