CNN Suggests Clinton Emails 'Innocuous,' But Her Answer 'Not Enough'
August 15th, 2015 11:33 AM
On Friday's Wolf show on CNN, as they updated viewers on the Hillary Clinton email scandal, substitute host Dana Bash and correspondent Evan Perez began by downplaying the classified emails in question as mostly "innocuous" but ended up conceding that the Clinton campaign's "legal argument" in her defense is "not enough of an answer."
Word Non-Association at AP: 'Hillary' and 'Crime'
August 15th, 2015 10:49 AM
All you need to know about the Associated Press's interest in accurately reporting current developments in the investigations into 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's private email server is this: A search at its national site on "Hillary crime" (not in quotes) returns nothing.
Ken Thomas's coverage of the former Secretary of State's "forceful defense" last night in "a…
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MSNBC Calls Hillary's Comments on Emails and Trump 'Feisty and Funny'
August 15th, 2015 9:19 AM
How about "angry and lame?" After playing a clip of Hillary in Iowa yesterday in which she addressed the email scandal and took a shot at Donald Trump, MSNBC's Richard Wolffe, sitting in for Steve Kornacki, called her comments "feisty and funny."
Have a look and judge for yourself. There's a difference between feisty and flat-out angry. As for funny, Rodney Dangerfield can rest in peace.…
What's Scarier? Trump-Sanders or Bush-Clinton?
August 14th, 2015 6:41 PM
It's been amusing in recent weeks to watch Washington pundits grappling with Trumpmania and the surge of Bernie Sanders. To say that the rise of these unusual candidates has been unsettling for the political elites would be a gross understatement.
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Heilemann: Gore 'Hates' Hillary, 'Huge' Problem for Her If He Runs
August 14th, 2015 6:26 PM
This blog brought to you by Orville Redenbacher . . . One short segment on today's With All Due Respect packed plenty of explosive commentary. There was John Heilemann saying that Al Gore "hates" Hillary and that if he gets in the race would be a "huge" problem for her. Lending credence to Heilemann's "hates" claim is the fact that he mentioned having "spent a lot of time" with Gore in 2006. …
Daily Beast's Daly: Marine 'Nailed' for Hillary-like Email Violation
August 14th, 2015 12:54 PM
Maj. Jason Brezler of the United States Marine Corps Reserves, is not a household name. But perhaps he should be. Brezler's military career is ruined thanks to one fleeting email transgression, and that committed as a split-second decision to save the lives of American servicemen in imminent danger. While Hillary Clinton will likely not suffer serious criminal or political repercussions for her…
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Actor to Wilmore: Trump Has An ‘Old School, Slave Owner Mentality’
August 14th, 2015 12:32 PM
Thursday on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, a panel discussed the 2016 presidential election, taking shots at both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the process. Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport slammed Donald Trump, suggesting he has a “ strong, old school, slave owner mentality.” He added: “[H]e told the Latinos, you're this, you’re that, you’re this and I’m gonna win your – and you’…
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Yawn: ABC Skips Hillary's Classified Chatter, Opts for Tennis Talk
August 14th, 2015 11:26 AM
Moving on? ABC's Good Morning America on Friday skipped the latest bombshell revelation in Hillary Clinton's e-mail scandal, the news that her communications on a private server included talk about top secret CIA drones. The program instead hyped irrelevant stories throughout the two hour program. NBC's Today mentioned the AP report on the topic, but during a larger segment on whether Al Gore…
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ABC, NBC Move on from Hillary Clinton’s E-Mail Server Scandal
August 13th, 2015 11:34 PM
After ABC, CBS, and NBC devoted portions of their Thursday morning newscasts to the FBI taking control of Hillary Clinton’s e-mail server, the picture was far different on Thursday night as ABC, NBC, Telemundo, and Univision moved on from this scandal and neglected to mention it. The CBS Evening News, however, found it pertinent to continue keeping their viewers abreast of Clinton’s e-mail…
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Boston Globe Reporter Coos at 'Wonderful and Refreshing' Sanders Ideas
August 13th, 2015 10:36 PM
On Wednesday night’s edition of The Rachel Maddow Show, Boston Globe national political reporter Annie Linskey sounded just like a writer from The People’s Republic of Massaschusetts, employing the words “wonderful and refreshing” to describe Bernie Sanders preaching the old-time religion of socialist reform.
Fill-in MSNBC host Ari Melber was asking about how Democratic front-runner Hillary…
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Howard Dean Accuses Matt Lauer of Using ‘Republican Talking Points’
August 13th, 2015 10:59 AM
Interviewing former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean on Thursday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer wondered if Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal would have a lasting impact on the 2016 campaign: “You don't have to be a Republican operative to find trouble in the headlines surrounding Hillary Clinton. Any time you put the words ‘Hillary Clinton, e-mail, top secret, and FBI’ in the same…
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Fox Panel Blasts Clinton’s ‘Ridiculous’ Handling of E-Mails
August 13th, 2015 10:01 AM
On Wednesday’s Special Report with Bret Baier, the three-person political panel took turns slamming Hillary Clinton for how she has handled the ongoing controversy surrounding the use of a private e-mail server while Secretary of State.
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NewsBusted: America's Wising Up to Hillary
August 13th, 2015 12:48 AM
"Hillary Clinton's poll numbers continue to fall. Pollsters say it's too soon to draw a conclusion, but this could be a sign that Americans are getting smarter." -- NewsBusted anchor Jodi Miller
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Nets Pass Off Hillary Handing Over Server; ‘Distraction’ & ‘Headache'
August 12th, 2015 10:01 PM
The “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC continued to cover on Wednesday night news that scandal-ridden Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton turned over her private e-mail server and numerous thumb drives to the FBI but largely brushed it off as “a headache” and “distraction” for Clinton in what has “been a tough summer.”