CNN And Fox Carry Joe Biden’s Invocation, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Talks Over it

During Vice President Joe Biden‘s early morning inauguration Sunday, the three major political news networks were all buzzing with coverage. The difference is, CNN and Fox carried the entire ceremony, including the invocation with Rev. Kevin O’Brien at the start, while MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes simply talked over it.

The video below, which shows what was happening on CNN, Fox and MSNBC at the exact same time, shows the historic event being played on the first two networks. Hayes, on the other hand, proceeded to explain the historic nature of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor swearing in the vice president as well as why the ceremony was taking place on a Sunday – it’s constitutionally mandated to be on January 20th and Sotomayor was the first hispanic woman to preside. In doing so, however, Hayes missed showing his viewers the entire invocation.

Watch below:

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