David Gregory Makes Excuses For Hillary Not Holding Press Conferences

Matthew Balan | June 6, 2016
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

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 spotlight....I don't think she wants to face a series of questions and follow-up questions on the I.G. Report; on Clinton Foundation donations, and the, kind of, unscripted nature of a press conference."

Moments earlier, anchor Chris Cuomo asked The Daily Beast's Jackie Kucinich, "What are you seeing with Hillary Clinton, in terms of how she is working with the media? Do you believe that something is seen as needing to shift within that campaign? If so, do you believe you are seeing any shift or being told about a potential shift?" Kucinich answered, in part, that "it's a great contrast; and when you look at Donald Trump, who...will have a press conference. Whether or not what he says in them are true, he's at least having them."

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