From CNN's live coverage of Hillary Clinton campaign event on 7 June 2016.
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CNN used some very noticeable video editing to transfigure Hillary Clinton on the 8 June 2016 edition of New Day. Correspondent Jeff Zeleny ran footage from the Democratic presidential candidate's victory speech on Tuesday night that transformed Mrs. Clinton into a glowing figure. He hyped how Mrs. Clinton was "savoring a triumph in her…
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The 7 June 2016 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe finally mentioned the controversy over the misleading edits in Katie Couric's recent documentary, Under the Gun. Joe Scarborough blasted the production as "one of the most stunning things I've ever seen...just a complete hit job on a group of Americans." The host prompted his panel for their…
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On the 6 June 2016 edition of New Day, CNN's David Gregory barely acknowledged the criticism of Hillary Clinton for not holding press conferences before trying to offer excuses for the former first lady: "I think she would much rather give the spotlight of negative publicity to Donald Trump, who's doing an excellent job occupying that…
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On the 3 June 2016 edition of NBC Nightly News, Andrea Mitchell touted how Donald Trump's repeated shots at the ethnic background of a federal judge "reinvigorated" Hillary Clinton's presidential bid. Mitchell hyped how "her campaign thinks she has finally cracked the code on how to make the attacks on Trump stick, after that takedown...…
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CBS This Morning and NBC's Today on 2 June 2016 followed in the footsteps of their networks' newscasts the previous evening in failing to cover the State Department's admission on 1 June 2016 about an intentional edit of an online video posting of a 2013 briefing. During that presser, Fox News's James Rosen asked about the Obama…
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On the 31 May 2016 edition of Legal View, CNN's Mark Preston asserted that Donald Trump's latest attack on the media was "an absolute mistake because he doesn't want to necessarily do that." Preston soon added that "Trump deciding to take on the media at this point because he doesn't feel like they are treating him well is actually not a…
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MSNBC's Chris Matthews had one of his classic gaffes on the 27 May 2016 edition of Hardball as he watched live footage of Trump supporters facing off against protesters outside one of the billionaire's rallies in San Diego, California. Matthews stopped himself from calling the Trump backers "Americans," and continued by labeling them with…
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Pamela Brown acted more like a surrogate for the Obama administration and its supporters on the 26 May 2016 edition of CNN Newsroom as she interviewed Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry. Brown mouthed the talking points of the LGBT activists regarding the recent administration policy directive on trangender students and school bathrooms…
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On the 25 May 2016 edition of New Day, CNN political analyst David Gregory downplayed the dispute between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters over DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz: "I do think this is overblown...the rules in the parties...[are] not meant to elevate the unconventional, outside candidate. That's true in the…