MSNBC: Reporters May ‘Punish’ Rubio for Not ‘Owning Up’ to Flub

Scott Whitlock | February 11, 2016
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[See NewsBusters for more.] Offering a window into just how journalists view their power, MSNBC’s Gabe Gutierrez on Thursday suggested that reporters may “punish” Marco Rubio for not admitting, quickly enough, to a bad debate performance. Appearing on MSNBC Live, the reporter reminded that Rubio said “the reason that his campaign didn't initially own up to that debate performance is that he didn't want to hurt morale in the campaign that Sunday.” Gutierrez noted it wasn’t until Tuesday that he “came clean.”

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