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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Sun Oct 16, 2016, 09:34 PM Oct 2016

"Hillary Clinton and the undisputed media bias against her"

I am somewhat surprised that Fox printed an opinion piece from a pro-Clinton pundit, but for all the talk about media bias, there is little discussion of how Hillary Clinton, and many Democrats, are held to a different standard then Republicans.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/09/07/hillary-clinton-and-undisputed-media-bias-against-her.html

Just imagine if Hillary Clinton were in the following scenario: Picture that she caused her family foundation to make an illegal $25,000 donation to a political campaign — expressly barred by law — to the campaign of a Democratic Florida attorney general. And that the AG, who was investigating Clinton for consumer fraud, dropped the investigation shortly after receiving the illegal $25,000 donation from the Clinton Foundation, and then endorsed Clinton’s presidential candidacy and was given a special spot speaking to the Democratic National Convention. And that finally, thanks to a watchdog group in Washington, Clinton was forced to admit that her foundation had made an illegal political contribution and had (1) falsely stated to the IRS that no such political donation had been made and (2) falsely told the IRS that the donation had gone to two other charities, obscuring the fact it had illegally gone to the AG’s political committee.

Can you imagine the inevitable reaction? The breathless journalism, the sensational front-page headlines, the 24/7 cable station “breaking news” reports and the hysterical ranting by virulent alt-right websites? And then there would be Republican demands for appointment of an independent counsel, congressional committee investigations, subpoenas for documents, testimony by Clinton and demands from Florida Republicans for the impeachment and ouster of the Florida attorney general?

Is there any doubt — any at all — that Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, would have been all over the media accusing Clinton of “pay for play,” leading cheers at a campaign rally to “lock her up?”

Now substitute the name Clinton with the name Trump, and Florida Republican attorney general Pamela Bondi instead of a Democratic AG. This all really happened
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"Hillary Clinton and the undisputed media bias against her" (Original Post) TomCADem Oct 2016 OP
KNR Lucinda Oct 2016 #1
And just imagine that Trashpot released his taxes and Clinton was refusing to release ANY of hers... Cakes488 Oct 2016 #2
So true. Martin Eden Oct 2016 #3
 

Cakes488

(874 posts)
2. And just imagine that Trashpot released his taxes and Clinton was refusing to release ANY of hers...
Sun Oct 16, 2016, 09:47 PM
Oct 2016

like the stupid Republicans wouldn't be up in arms?? It's such bullshit !!

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