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Despite admitting the move had the support of “three dozen generals and admirals”, NBC Nightly News seemed peeved that President Trump pardoned Michael Behenna, a former U.S. soldier convicted of unlawfully killing a terrorist in a combat zone. But back in 2017, NBC cheered when President Obama released Chelsea Manning, who damaged U.S. intelligence by leaking secrets to WikiLeaks (before the media hated them). They also ignored Obama’s release of an unrepentant terrorist.
“President Trump has opened a new fault line by giving a full pardon to a former U.S. soldier, who was convicted of committing murder in a combat zone,” anchor Lester Holt set the tone at the top of the segment.
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