47 million Americans will have less money for food, and the Sunday Talk shows couldn't care less

How heartless and out of touch is TV network "news"?

The four major network Sunday news programs failed to report on the newly enacted decrease in food stamp benefits, which affects more than 47 million Americans.

On November 1, USDA reported that "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will see their monthly benefits decrease" after the expiration of benefit increases enacted in the American Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA).   But Fox News  Sunday, NBC's Meet The Press, ABC's This Week,  and CBS' Face the Nation  all  failed to  bring up  the  issue  on the November 3 editions  of their  respective shows.

As digby noted, the Sunday irrelevancies had other priorities:

Meet the Press found time to talk about Chris Christie's chances for 2016, debate President Obama's legacy and chat with two time loser Mitt Romney. This Week featured Rand Paul blubbering about duels and plagiarism. Face the Nation's panel chattered at length about the JFK assassination. Fox News Sunday gave what seemed like hours to Huckleberry Graham to opine on Benghazi and fetuses. None of them could spare a minute to mention that 47 million Americans are going to have less money for food this week.

And then she wonders about the talk show green room spreads:  

I hope they had some good smoked salmon and a mimosa or two. Just to calm the nerves.

And of course, if the TV hosts and their guests gave even a moment's thought to the 47 million who now will have less food assistance, it would be to let them eat cake.