[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
MSNBC went into spin mode for Hillary Clinton on 9 August 2016, after the father of Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen was seated behind the Democrat at a rally in Florida. Stephanie Ruhle replied to the development by stating, "I don't know what I think, but it's definitely noteworthy." Thomas Robert remarked that it was "very interesting," and hyped that it was "certainly a reflection of the Clinton camp to respond so quickly about what that means." By contrast, CNN's John Berman underlined that "it's a very unusual; and perhaps, unsettling picture for people in the Orlando area."