Florida Congresswoman Val Demings lashes out at The Hill

[ffr]

California Rep. Jackie Speier, who is also a Democrat, told a Hill reporter on Friday that it was “reprehensible” that the paper published columns by John Solomon, a conservative journalist who helped ignite the Ukraine scandal and whose work has been promoted by President Donald Trump and his [axis of evil].

Demings said Tuesday she had “not heard good things recently” about The Hill in response to tech policy reporter Emily Birnbaum identifying herself before asking a question about a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, according to audio of the exchange reviewed by POLITICO.

“Recently, I have not heard good things about The Hill being fair and impartial and unbiased… and that concerns me because any story we’re telling needs to be fair and unbiased and impartial,” Demings told Birnbaum during the exchange in the speaker’s lobby, which was witnessed by other reporters. Demings answered Birnbaum’s question and agreed it was fair. - Politico

*Flush*

The Hill called on the carpet for their role in furthering tRump's personal agenda.

[dewsgirl]

1. Good, they need to be called out.

[crickets]

3. +1

[beachbumbob]

2. Media no friends to us at all anymore

[NCLefty]

4. The media isn't supposed to be our friends. They're supposed to report that facts.

And America has plenty of media that do a pretty good job of that on a regular basis.

[beachbumbob]

6. I beg to differ. Get out a stop watch and start timing

Whether it's a Sunday morning called news shows, to evening news/commentary.

[blogslut]

5. Informative and helpful article about the owner of The Hill

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/media/jimmy-finkelstein-the-hill-ukraine/index.html

New York (CNN Business)James "Jimmy" Finkelstein, the owner of The Hill newspaper, is not a widely known media executive, but he is one of the era's most consequential.

Finkelstein resides at the nexus of President Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and John Solomon, the now-former executive at The Hill and current Fox News contributor who pushed conspiracy theories about Ukraine into the public conversation.

While Solomon has received significant media attention for his work at The Hill, Finkelstein has stayed out of the headlines, despite having himself played a crucial role in the saga.

Beyond his relationship with Solomon, Trump, and Giuliani, Finkelstein was Solomon's direct supervisor at The Hill and created the conditions which permitted Solomon to publish his conspiratorial stories without the traditional oversight implemented at news outlets. And he has kept a watchful eye on the newspaper's coverage to ensure it is not too critical of the President...