The press is in cahoots with the GOP over Hillary Clinton

[rdean]

Hillary Clinton is going to be exonerated on the email controversy. It won't matter.

Republicans already know what they think: Clinton is a criminal whose every thought and action is vile and despicable, so of course she broke the law. If the investigation doesn't show that, it could only be because the investigation was a sham. So they'll just keep saying that this is a scandal, over and over and over.

In the 1990s, congressional Republicans took 140 hours of sworn testimony on the urgent question of whether the Clintons had misused the White House Christmas card list. Seriously. That's something that actually happened.

And the media, always operating on the rule that when it comes to the Clintons any smoke should be treated as fire — even if there's a bunch of Republicans operating a smoke machine in full view — will offer endless breathless stories about the “scandal” and how it just shows that people don't trust Clinton.

Every time he (Trump) brings this topic up he says something absurd — that Clinton committed horrible crimes, that people who did far less than she did are rotting in jail, that she'll soon be indicted, that she should be barred from running for president, so great were her crimes — and I have yet to hear a single interviewer challenge him on the facts or press him for details.

That's part of Trump's mad genius, and the failing of the political press: He lies so often and so obviously that the reporters covering him have all but given up trying to correct him.

Trump will promise, as he has before, to appoint officials who will pursue a criminal indictment against her. And significant portions of the public will continue to believe that she must have done something wrong, even if they couldn't quite say what it is, because they've heard all this stuff about an email scandal, and everybody wouldn't be talking about it so much if there wasn't something to it.

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This is pretty much what I've been saying all along.
Funny how everyone thinks Trump's lying is "genius". When I was a kid, lying was a scandal. Now it's just what Republicans do naturally.

Donald Trump's file | PolitiFact

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Too funny.

Media is doing everything in its power to protect Hillary Clinton.

It's guaranteed, however, that they will not go down with her, and will turn on her at the first instance that threatens their bottom line.

 

[JakeStarkey]

All of the above is a non-issue 90 percent of the public see right through.

It will have no effect on the election.

 

[Decus]

Ben Rhodes recently spoke to how the White House manipulates the press:

"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old, and their only reporting experience consists of being around political campaigns. That’s a sea change. They literally know nothing.”

Here's how the White House shapes foreign affairs coverage

Remember the quote from Jonathan Gruber on how the White House passed the ACA?:

"Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really really critical to get for the thing to pass. Look, I wish Mark was right that we could make it all transparent, but I’d rather have this law than not."

Seems that there is a lot of "misinformation" going around. What is clear and even admitted to is that Hillary made a very questionable decision in setting up a private server:

"However, the former secretary of state expressed her regret and took responsibility “for having made what was not the best decision”."

Hillary Clinton admits private email server was 'a mistake'

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[hadit]

Media opposition to Hillary Clinton? LOLOLOLOLOL.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Hillary Clinton is going to be exonerated on the email controversy. It won't matter.

Republicans already know what they think: Clinton is a criminal whose every thought and action is vile and despicable, so of course she broke the law. If the investigation doesn't show that, it could only be because the investigation was a sham. So they'll just keep saying that this is a scandal, over and over and over.

In the 1990s, congressional Republicans took 140 hours of sworn testimony on the urgent question of whether the Clintons had misused the White House Christmas card list. Seriously. That's something that actually happened.

And the media, always operating on the rule that when it comes to the Clintons any smoke should be treated as fire — even if there's a bunch of Republicans operating a smoke machine in full view — will offer endless breathless stories about the “scandal” and how it just shows that people don't trust Clinton.

Every time he (Trump) brings this topic up he says something absurd — that Clinton committed horrible crimes, that people who did far less than she did are rotting in jail, that she'll soon be indicted, that she should be barred from running for president, so great were her crimes — and I have yet to hear a single interviewer challenge him on the facts or press him for details.

That's part of Trump's mad genius, and the failing of the political press: He lies so often and so obviously that the reporters covering him have all but given up trying to correct him.

Trump will promise, as he has before, to appoint officials who will pursue a criminal indictment against her. And significant portions of the public will continue to believe that she must have done something wrong, even if they couldn't quite say what it is, because they've heard all this stuff about an email scandal, and everybody wouldn't be talking about it so much if there wasn't something to it.

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This is pretty much what I've been saying all along.
Funny how everyone thinks Trump's lying is "genius". When I was a kid, lying was a scandal. Now it's just what Republicans do naturally.

Donald Trump's file | PolitiFact

Don't forget that the hillary does it naturally too. You're just a blind partisan hack that can't see it. Basically, a simpleton.

 

[rdean]

Too funny.

Media is doing everything in its power to protect Hillary Clinton.

It's guaranteed, however, that they will not go down with her, and will turn on her at the first instance that threatens their bottom line.

Don't be a bullshit dumbfuck liar. You sit in front of the internet. You can look it up:

Study: Hillary Clinton, not Donald Trump, gets the most negative media coverage

Google

Your kind are so irritating in their determined ignorance.

 

[Snouter]

Now might be an appropriate time to mention the MSM is in PANIC MODE. They realize they can no longer protect Crooked Hillary now that The Donald is commencing his expose on Crooked Hillary and Slick Willie! The recent polls show The Donald is schlonging Hillary in swing states! Swing it Donald swing it!

 

[Timmy]

the media is controlling the FBI ? The GOP driven Bengazhi investigation ?

There's nothing there!!!

 

[whitehall]

You almost gotta laugh that the Hillary supporters whine about bad press while submitting the typical story in the Chicago Trib that supports Hillary. The editorial disguised as news even claims that she will be exonerated before the Feds even complete the investigation but sob sob people will still believe she is incompetent or a crook.. It should be noted that the mayor of Chicago is a democrat and it's estimated that about 900 Chicago citizens will have been murdered by the time the election rolls around but that don't seem to matter as long as the Trib circles the wagons around a democrat. The world is upside down to the left.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Too funny.

Media is doing everything in its power to protect Hillary Clinton.

It's guaranteed, however, that they will not go down with her, and will turn on her at the first instance that threatens their bottom line.

Don't be a bullshit dumbfuck liar. You sit in front of the internet. You can look it up:

Study: Hillary Clinton, not Donald Trump, gets the most negative media coverage

Google

Your kind are so irritating in their determined ignorance.

VOX? Hysterically funny.

Why should I believe them, or you?

 

[rdean]

Now might be an appropriate time to mention the MSM is in PANIC MODE. They realize they can no longer protect Crooked Hillary now that The Donald is commencing his expose on Crooked Hillary and Slick Willie! The recent polls show The Donald is schlonging Hillary in swing states! Swing it Donald swing it!

Wow, you've really latched on to Trump's word salad. Even though he speaks lies 76% of the time.

 

[rdean]

You almost gotta laugh that the Hillary supporters whine about bad press while submitting the typical story in the Chicago Trib that supports Hillary. The editorial disguised as news even claims that she will be exonerated before the Feds even complete the investigation but sob sob people will still believe she is incompetent or a crook.. It should be noted that the mayor of Chicago is a democrat and it's estimated that about 900 Chicago citizens will have been murdered by the time the election rolls around but that don't seem to matter as long as the Trib circles the wagons around a democrat. The world is upside down to the left.

The Chicago Trib is right wing. They supported Bush twice. It's the Chicago Sun Times that's liberal.

 

[rdean]

Ben Rhodes recently spoke to how the White House manipulates the press:

"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old, and their only reporting experience consists of being around political campaigns. That’s a sea change. They literally know nothing.”

Here's how the White House shapes foreign affairs coverage

Remember the quote from Jonathan Gruber on how the White House passed the ACA?:

"Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really really critical to get for the thing to pass. Look, I wish Mark was right that we could make it all transparent, but I’d rather have this law than not."

Seems that there is a lot of "misinformation" going around. What is clear and even admitted to is that Hillary made a very questionable decision in setting up a private server:

"However, the former secretary of state expressed her regret and took responsibility “for having made what was not the best decision”."

Hillary Clinton admits private email server was 'a mistake'

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Transparency doesn't really matter to Republicans. They see what they want to see and only that.