What’s Old Is News Again: Nets Hype Testimony of Sally Yates

Nicholas Fondacaro | May 8, 2017
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After almost four months since former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates’ warning to the White House regarding the lies of then National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was illegally leaked to the press, Yates testified before a Senate sub-committee Monday where she confirmed that’s what she did. The media played up the hearing, expecting there to be a “bombshell.” In reality, she simply offered a detailed retelling of her actions. But that didn’t stop the Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) from going nuts later that night.

“Her testimony ending just a short time ago, offering in detail the warning she says she gave the White House about President Trump's national security adviser, retired General Michael Flynn,” announced ABC Anchor David Muir at the start of World News Tonight. “Yates telling congress about her two meetings inside the White House, with the White House council and what he then asked about Flynn.”

The report by ABC’s Senior Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas was filled with theatrics:

She walked into a crush of cameras … The intense scrutiny following every word of the testimony from former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates as she outlined the steps she took to warn the White House about then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

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