[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
On the 11 May 2015 edition of CNN's New Day, the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza asserted that there was no wrongdoing in former President Bill Clinton helping his brother-in-law, Tony Rodham, get a job with former DNC head Terry McAuliffe (who's now the governor of Virginia): "Bill Clinton was not in office. It doesn't seem to conflict with her [Hillary Clinton's] job as secretary of state. If Bill Clinton helped out the brother-in-law, I don't see that as a scandal."
Anchor Alisyn Camerota agreed with Lizza: "Don't we all help our brothers-in law? Is there anything wrong with this?" Maggie Haberman of the New York Times seconded their takes, even though she acknowledged that it was problematic: "To me, if there is any issue...I think that people forgive – you help your family...I think that the more you see things of – you know, I went to the foundation for help. Now, the foundation says there's no evidence of anything that he said, but...it's not great."