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Related: About this forumAs Hillary Clinton’s Lead Grows To 12 Points, Media Creates Clinton Foundation Scandal
The predictable response from the media to Hillary Clinton's growing lead over Donald Trump is to drum up a Clinton scandal in the hopes that the polls will get closer.Source: PoliticusUSA, by Jason Easley
The fact that Clintons lead continues to increase over Trump no matter how much time the press spends on her emails was bad news for a corporate media establishment for whom a blowout presidential election will result in the loss of billions of dollars in potential profits.
If the corporate owned press was going to use their influence to help narrow Trumps deficit in the polls, they needed a new strategy, so they followed Donald Trumps lead and began to play up The Clinton Foundation.
The AP ran a screaming headline about many Clinton Foundation donors meeting with her while she was Secretary of State. Republicans and many in the media immediately screamed pay for play, but there is no evidence that the donors who met with Clinton received anything, so no, it wasnt pay for play.
If the corporate owned press was going to use their influence to help narrow Trumps deficit in the polls, they needed a new strategy, so they followed Donald Trumps lead and began to play up The Clinton Foundation.
The AP ran a screaming headline about many Clinton Foundation donors meeting with her while she was Secretary of State. Republicans and many in the media immediately screamed pay for play, but there is no evidence that the donors who met with Clinton received anything, so no, it wasnt pay for play.
The motivation for these stories isnt truth or even political bias. Its money. The election cant be allowed to take its natural course because a big Hillary Clinton win will result in lower profits for some media giants.
Read it at: http://www.politicususa.com/2016/08/23/hillary-clintons-lead-grows-12-points-media-pushes-clinton-foundation-scandal.html
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As Hillary Clinton’s Lead Grows To 12 Points, Media Creates Clinton Foundation Scandal (Original Post)
yallerdawg
Aug 2016
OP
Exactly! The won't mention the two Federal lawsuits against DumbTrump, but they blow
BlueCaliDem
Aug 2016
#3
stopbush
(24,629 posts)1. Bingo!
sheshe2
(87,216 posts)2. Scandal's sell :(
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)3. Exactly! The won't mention the two Federal lawsuits against DumbTrump, but they blow
this non-scandal - which has become their M.O. since the primaries - waaaaay out of proportion.
This is not an accident, and no one should fool themselves into thinking that this is just for ratings.
This is the M$M's attempts to get a Repuke in the White House. Period.