More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
Acting like an innocent bystander with no control over NBC’s reporting, on Tuesday, Today co-host Savannah Guthrie declared that the media focus on Donald Trump’s controversies made it impossible for journalists to also cover the scandals swirling around Hillary Clinton: “I mean, this story [of the Khan parents] has now been kept alive for four days...By the way, pushing off some otherwise negative stories about Hillary Clinton that might be leading all the headlines.”
Accepting Guthrie’s claim that the press would all be talking about Clinton’s controversies if not for Trump, Bloomberg Politics editor Mark Halperin proclaimed: “...you’ve got...Hillary Clinton talking about the FBI investigation, where she clearly wasn’t accurate. You’ve got the GDP growth numbers....weak economic numbers for the incumbent party. A lot of Republicans are wondering not just why is Donald Trump continuing to fight with the Khans, but why isn’t he focusing on these issues?”