One would think that the “most significant” killing of a terrorist “since [Osama] bin Laden” would warrant some attention. But ABC and NBC on Monday and Tuesday morning ignored the drone strike attack that likely wiped out Ibrahim Al Asiri. The killing was done in 2017, but is only being revealed now. Unlike the other two networks, CBS offered full reports both Monday and Tuesday on al-Asiri’s death.

Explaining the importance of killing the al Qaeda terrorist, This Morning reporter David Martin underlined the value: “Ibrahim Al Asiri was known as a master bomb maker. And after Osama bin Laden was killed, he might well have been the single most dangerous terrorist in the world.”

The CBS report included this assessment of former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell. He concluded: “This is the most significant removal of a terrorist from the battlefield since bin Laden. He was that important.” Morell described Asiri as “probably the most sophisticated terrorist bomb maker on the planet” and someone planning to “surgically implant explosives inside of human bodies.”

Co-host Norah O’Donnell understood the gravity of eliminating such a terrorist. She declared, “Big win for the U.S. military.” Despite a combined available air time of five hours on Monday night and Tuesday morning, ABC’s World News Tonight, Good Morning America and NBC’s Nightly News and the Today show skipped the story.

It’s not as though there wasn’t time. GMA allowed 3 minutes and 35 seconds to a woman who engineered a mass Tinder date and duped several guys. The Today show devoted 5 minutes and 2 seconds to misleading summer sales. Clearly not the most important topics.

A transcript of the CBS This Morning segment is below. Click “expand” to read more.