More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Hours ahead of Hillary Clinton’s testimony before the House Benghazi Committee on Thursday, on NBC’s Today, correspondent Andrea Mitchell acknowledged that “44% of Americans are not yet satisfied” with the former secretary of state’s answers on the scandal but also declared: “...today is, indeed, her best chance to change all of that. Assisted by the Republicans who, themselves in recent weeks, have hurt the committee’s credibility.”
Mitchell touted Clinton’s preparation: “...spending this week at her Washington home in a war room with her husband and top advisers. She's had plenty of practice fielding tough questions on Benghazi before, including this iconic moment.” A soundbite ran of Clinton’s 2013 congressional testimony on the subject: “What difference, at this point, does it make?”