NBC Downplays Bill Clinton Sex Allegations With Family’s Talking Points

Nicholas Fondacaro | November 19, 2017
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With the national discussion centered on sexual harassment and sexual assault, many in the liberal media had been itching to get to the allegations directed at the President. The media seemed to have recently gotten the ‘okay’ to pursue the claims when Hillary Clinton brought them up in a radio interview. It’s hypocritical for Clinton to lead the charge because of her philanderer husband with a rape charge. But that wasn’t a problem for NBC’s Sunday Today who disregarded it using Clinton’s defense.

Anchor Willie Geist kicked off the show by hyping how the claims of sexual misconduct had made their way back to Trump. “Last year's presidential campaign opponents slinging insults at each other on Saturday in a week where the allegations of sexual harassment against the President have come back to the forefront,” he announced at the top of the program.

During her report which highlighted Trump and Clinton taking shots at each other over the weekend, NBC Correspondent Kelly O’Donnell gave voice to Hillary’s gripe that “the President is getting a free pass” on his allegations.

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