It only took moments for NBC and CBS to trash President Trump’s decision on Thursday to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, relying on immediate denunciations from Barack Obama and Al Gore. During special coverage following the President’s Rose Garden address announcing his decision, anchors on both networks promptly recited statements from the two Democrats.

On NBC, Today co-host Savannah Guthrie announced: “We already are getting reaction pouring in. President Obama, who of course presided over the negotiation of that agreement, saying that he hopes that cities and states and businesses will now step in to lead the way.” She then turned to the liberal media’s favorite environmental crusader:

And we have obtained a statement from former Vice President Al Gore, who says, “Removing the U.S. from the Paris agreement is a reckless and indefensible action that undermines America’s standing in the world and threatens to damage humanity’s ability to solve the climate crisis in time. But make no mistake, if President Trump won’t lead, the American people will.”

A ready-made graphic appeared on screen to promote the left-wing screed.

On CBS, Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson focused on Obama’s reaction, reading a fuller portion of it for viewers:

President Obama put forward this alternative argument today in response to what President Trump did. Let’s just read here from the last paragraph of his statement. President – former President Obama said, “The nations that remain in the Paris Agreement will be the nations that reap the benefits in jobs and industries created. I believe the United States of America should be at the front of the pack. But even in the absence of American leadership; even as this Administration joins a small handful of nations that reject the future; I’m confident that our states, cities, and businesses will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet we’ve got.”

Just like NBC, an on-screen graphic was ready to promote the attack.

The networks never ran to get comments from Republicans when Obama made a policy announcement from the White House.

Here are excerpts from the NBC and CBS special reports: