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On Tuesday night ahead of the first 2016 Democratic presidential debate, ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News put forth their best efforts to paint a favorable scene for Hillary Clinton by touting her as “relatable” while “need[ing] to show voters a different side” as she shoulders the “burden” of trying “to protect her front-runner status.”
At the top of ABC’s World News Tonight, anchor David Muir hyped that “[t]he stakes are enormous for Hillary Clinton” but is “no stranger to the debate stage” after numerous debates in her 2000 U.S. Senate campaign and failed 2008 presidential bid against then-Senator Barack Obama