Nets Fail to Point Out Hillary’s Changing Story on E-Mail Scandal

Kyle Drennen | August 18, 2015
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While all three network morning shows covered the latest development in the Clinton e-mail scandal on Tuesday – that over 300 e-mails are being reviewed for classified material – all three broadcasts also touted the Clinton campaign defense that the former secretary of state “never sent or received any e-mails that were marked classified at the time.”

However, none of the networks bothered to mention that Clinton had changed her story. When she initially addressed the scandal back in March, the Democratic front-runner insisted that her e-mails contained “no classified information,” but as evidence contradicted that claim, Clinton’s language shifted. Her campaign started using