CNN's Baldwin Hypes Controversy Over Bush's Speaking Fee; Never Covered Clintons

Matthew Balan | July 9, 2015
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

On the 9 July 2015 edition of CNN Newsroom, Brooke Baldwin spotlighted the controversy surrounding a 2012 event where former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a gala for a veterans group. However, Baldwin has yet to cover a similar issue – the hundred-thousand-plus speaking fees that Hillary Clinton, and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have charged to other non-profit organizations.