The ABC, CBS and NBC evening networks committed one of the most egregious acts of news censorship by ignoring the U.S. debt topping $30 trillion for the first time ever.

The U.S. Treasury Department released data on Tuesday showing that the U.S. total public debt outstanding was $30.01 trillion as of Jan. 31. The Wall Street Journal reported the new figure “was a nearly $7 trillion increase from late January 2020, just before the pandemic hit the U.S. economy.” Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas reportedly told The Journal that the enormous spike in the national debt was due in part to “’trillions and trillions of borrowing for no reason other than politicians have stopped being willing to pay the bills.’”

Peter G. Peterson Foundation CEO Michael Peterson also reportedly told The Journal that the gigantic new debt figure “’should be a giant red flag for all of us about America’s future economic health, generational equity, and role in the world.’”