More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On her Wednesday MSNBC show, host Andrea Mitchell gushed over Hillary Clinton's "strong performance" during an interview at a Silicon Valley conference on Tuesday: "...just looking at it as political drama. No notes, no Teleprompter, she's walking around the stage, she does a Q & A with Kara Swisher which is, you know, a challenging, interesting Q & A, edgy at times....A great reporter."
In reality, the exchange consisted of series of fawning softballs from tech blog Re/Code's co-executive editor Kara Swisher, formerly a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. Swisher began the thirty-minute sit-down by remarking: "So, I interviewed President Obama last week and I'm very eager to interview another president." Amid laughter from the audience, Clinton declared, "That's good!," and gave Swisher a high five.