{"id":29437,"date":"2016-10-16T14:04:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T18:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29437"},"modified":"2016-10-16T14:04:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T18:04:18","slug":"using-the-press-to-try-to-steal-an-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29437","title":{"rendered":"Using The Press To Try To Steal An Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has long been obvious that the press is biased toward the liberal end of the political spectrum, but that bias has really been extreme during the current presidential primary. On Thursday, Kim Strassel at The Wall Street Journal<\/a> posted an article noting the difference in the press coverage of Hillary Clinton<\/a> and Donald Trump<\/a>. The media spent a lot of time covering allegations of inappropriate behavior by Donald Trump despite the fact that these allegations had not be made during the thirty years he has been in the public eye and despite the fact that some of the circumstances of the allegations are extremely questionable. Meanwhile, Wikileaks leaked many of the emails that Hillary Clinton had destroyed as ‘personal’ or simply not turned over in response to subpoenas for those emails and the press pretty much ignored the contents of those emails.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

But even if average voters had the TV on 24\/7, they still probably haven\u2019t heard the news about Hillary Clinton<\/a>: That the nation now has proof of pretty much everything she has been accused of.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It comes from hacked emails dumped by WikiLeaks<\/a>, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act, and accounts from FBI insiders. The media has almost uniformly ignored the flurry of bombshells, preferring to devote its front pages to the Trump story. So let\u2019s review what amounts to a devastating case against a Clinton presidency<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Start with a June 2015 email to Clinton staffers from Erika Rottenberg, the former general counsel of LinkedIn.<\/a> Ms. Rottenberg wrote that none of the attorneys in her circle of friends \u201ccan understand how it was viewed as ok\/secure\/appropriate to use a private server for secure documents AND why further Hillary took it upon herself to review them and delete documents.\u201d She added: \u201cIt smacks of acting above the law and it smacks of the type of thing I\u2019ve either gotten discovery sanctions for, fired people for, etc.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…The leaks show that the (Clinton) foundation was indeed the nexus of influence and money. The head of the Clinton Health Access Initiative<\/a>, Ira Magaziner<\/a>, suggested in a 2011 email that Bill Clinton call Sheikh Mohammed of Saudi Arabia<\/a> to thank him for offering the use of a plane. In response, a top Clinton Foundation official wrote: \u201cUnless Sheikh Mo has sent us a $6 million check, this sounds crazy to do.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Mrs. Clinton has been exposed to have no core, to be someone who constantly changes her position to maximize political gain. Leaked speeches prove that she has two positions (public and private) on banks; two positions on the wealthy; two positions on borders; two positions on energy. Her team had endless discussions about what positions she should adopt to appease \u201cthe Red Army<\/a>\u201d\u2014i.e. \u201cthe base of the Democratic Party.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Voters might not know any of this, because while both presidential candidates have plenty to answer for, the press has focused solely on taking out Mr. Trump. And the press is doing a diligent job of it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That should concern all of us.<\/p>\n

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