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Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
Thu Aug 20, 2015, 11:09 PM Aug 2015

"The media needs to get over its blind hatred of Hillary Clinton"

http://theweek.com/articles/569408/media-needs-over-blind-hatred-hillary-clinton

"It's worth noticing what a stupendous journalistic faceplant this was. As Kevin Drum points out, pretty much every single word in the original headline was wrong:

Clinton was not a target. The referral was not criminal. The emails in question had not been classified at the time Clinton saw them. When the dust settled, it appeared that the whole thing was little more than a squabble between State and CIA over whether certain emails that State is releasing to the public should or shouldn't be classified. In other words, just your garden-variety bureaucratic dispute. [Mother Jones]

This isn't the first time the Times has printed a gravely mistaken story suggesting ethical lapses on the part of a Clinton running for president. Back in 1992, Times reporter Jeff Gerth wrote a story about how the Clintons were involved in a seemingly shady real estate deal called Whitewater. It suggested that the Clintons had gotten a big share of potential profits without putting up much cash, and that Bill Clinton had used his power as Arkansas governor to protect a savings and loan owned by a Whitewater associate from being closed down by the feds."
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"The media needs to get over its blind hatred of Hillary Clinton" (Original Post) Dawson Leery Aug 2015 OP
Kick Gloria Aug 2015 #1
The media is not alone. okasha Aug 2015 #2

Gloria

(17,663 posts)
1. Kick
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 12:09 AM
Aug 2015

as explained by Jennifer Palmieri tonight on Chris Hayes tonight....I have to say that Jennifer is not the best on TV...
But, she laid it out.

They should just quote Kevin Drum...he lays it out in "Weekly Reader" terms...

OH, and some people at DU should also get over their blind hatred as well....

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