Debbie "Washed-up" Schultz?

Michael Flynn's resignation as President Donald Trump's national security adviser sent shock waves from Washington to Hollywood, and CNN and MSNBC wasted no time in going wall-to-wall with coverage.

Fox News, on the other hand, was slammed by viewers online for seemingly giving only perfunctory attention to the seismic news coming out of the White House.

CNN and MSNBC seemed to go all in on their Flynn coverage when the news broke, with CNN's Don Lemon leading a panel of analysts and contributors in a discussion about the resignation, then handing off coverage to Jim Acosta.

Fox News covered the news for a few brief moments before returning to the evening's episode of The O'Reilly Factor. Later, at the top of the hour, the network recapped the news before airing Tucker Carlson Tonight, which featured interviews with Milo Yiannopoulos protesters as well as supporters of the controversial Breitbart editor. The network continued to cover the Flynn resignation through Twitter and its on-air news ticker.

At a time when most of the press was giving wall-to-wall coverage to Thursday's vote on the House GOP's health care bill, conservative-leaning media was downplaying the story, perhaps a reflection of the misgivings that many on the right -- including more than a few Republican lawmakers -- have about the legislation. In the case of at least one outlet, the bill was almost entirely ignored until it narrowly passed the House.

That is not to say that outlets on the right ignored the run-up to House vote completely. While its website often led with other stories, Fox News covered the vote extensively on-air, running reports from Capitol Hill throughout the morning and afternoon. On the network's morning show "Fox & Friends," a Trump favorite, co-host Steve Doocy expressed hope that the bill is "actually better" than the law it could replace.

"And ultimately, when it comes to politics, this is going to redeem Speaker Paul Ryan," Doocy said. "Plus, it's going to give President Trump his first big -- and it is big -- legislative win."

But unlike its primary competitors, CNN and MSNBC, Fox News did not air Pelosi's press conference, where she ripped the GOP's bill. Instead, Fox ran an "exclusive look" at the New York Police Department's security precautions for Trump's return to the city. The top story on Fox's website for much of the morning was about a pair of Russian bombers that flew near Alaska.

Dashcam footage showing the fatal shooting of Philando Castile by Officer Jeronimo Yanez was released on June 20, giving the public new insight into the encounter that ended Castile’s life. But, if you watch only Fox News, you wouldn’t know it existed. The footage, which was released just days after Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter, drew the attention of CNN and MSNBC, but Fox News shows spent no time airing the video or covering its release.

On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile, a black man, was fatally shot in Falcon Heights, MN, after being stopped by police for a routine traffic stop. Castile had a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon, and the newly released footage makes clear that Castile had alerted the officer that he was armed. The footage shows Officer Yanez telling Castile not to reach for his gun, and Castile can be heard responding, “I’m not pulling it out” right before Yanez fired seven shots, fatally wounding Castile.

Between the release of the footage on June 20 and noon on June 21, the three major cable news networks -- CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC -- spent 44 minutes covering the release of the footage. CNN spent 36 minutes and seven seconds on it, and MSNBC spent 7 minutes and 12 seconds detailing the new information from the video, while Fox News ignored the video’s release entirely. CNN’s seven segments on the video and MSNBC’s three all showed the newly released footage.

For the mainstream media, The Washington Post’s report that Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian officials at the White House last week—violating an intelligence-sharing agreement with a key U.S. ally and potentially jeopardizing a critical source—landed with the explosive force of a 10-kiloton bomb. Within the parallel universe occupied by conservative media, however, the story was a dud.

For much of Monday night, Fox News conspicuously ignored the Post report, which was quickly matched by The New York Times, CNN, and other outlets. The Five spent much of its time focused on the hubbub surrounding Miss U.S.A. 2017’s comments on feminism, while Martha MacCallum and Tucker Carlson repeatedly broke away from the night’s main news story to discuss minor controversies on college campuses. When the news was reported, it was treated with the utmost incredulity, with multiple hosts and commentators pointing to denials offered by the administration. (One chyron in the eight o'clock hour read simply, “McMaster: Washington Post story on Russia meeting is false.”) The Fox News Web site buried the story entirely, hiding it well below the fold, in tiny print beneath another item on the White House shutting down Democratic pleas for a special prosecutor to oversee the Justice Department investigation into Russian election meddling.

Why were they paid so much for doing so little? Intriguing as it is, that’s a side issue. A more pressing question is: Why were they given access to highly sensitive government information? Ordinarily, that requires a security clearance, awarded only after a background check that peruses ties to foreign countries, associations with unsavory characters, and vulnerability to blackmail.

These characters could not possibly have qualified. Never mind access; it’s hard to fathom how they retained their jobs. The Daily Caller has also discovered that the family, which controlled several properties, was involved in various suspicious mortgage transfers. Abid Awan, while working “full-time” in Congress, ran a curious auto-retail business called “Cars International A” (yes, CIA), through which he was accused of stealing money and merchandise. In 2012, he discharged debts in bankruptcy (while scheming to keep his real-estate holdings). Congressional Democrats hired Abid despite his drunk-driving conviction a month before he started at the House, and they retained him despite his public-drunkenness arrest a month after. Beyond that, he and Imran both committed sundry vehicular offenses. In civil lawsuits, they are accused of life-insurance fraud.