ABC, CBS Hype Hillary’s Election Blame Shifting, NBC Fails to Defend Holt

Nicholas Fondacaro | May 2, 2017
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Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton came out swinging Tuesday in a Q&A with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. There, she shifted blame for her humiliating loss while merely claiming to take personal responsibility. The liberal Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were more than happy to aid in her endeavor. “Today Hillary Clinton gave her most candid assessment yet of why she believes she lost the election,” hyped Anchor Scott Pelley during CBS Evening News.

“Had the election been on October 27th, I'd be your president,” Clinton declared in the first clip that played in Nancy Cordes’ CBS report. “In a Q&A on a New York staging, Clinton described a victory derailed by outside forces,” Cordes reported. She then played a clip of Clinton blaming FBI Director James Comey and WikiLeaks.

During the discussion, Clinton insinuated that the Trump campaign was in collusion with the Russians. She claimed the release of John Podesta’s emails was conveniently timed with the leak of the Trump-damaging Hollywood Access video. But Cordes mischaracterized Clinton’s accusations, saying: “The former secretary of state stopped short of tying the Trump campaign to Russian officials, but she did argue their interests were aligned.”

“She said she's going back to being an activist,” Cordes said. “Interestingly, Scott, she described herself as part of the resistance, the movement that has arisen in response to Mr. Trump's presidency.”

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