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GMA Allows No Coverage on Clinton Donations; 15 Minutes on Avengers, Royal Baby & Bruce Jenner
Newsbusters.org ^ | April 24, 2015 | 12:37 PM EDT | Scott Whitlock

Posted on 04/24/2015 11:42:41 AM PDT by drewh

ABC's Good Morning America, hosted by former Bill Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos, on Friday skipped any mention of the growing scandal involving foreign donations to the foundation of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Yet, the lengthy program found plenty of time for superficial topics.

GMA's hosts devoted 12 minutes and 35 seconds to the coming Avengers sequel. It should be noted that Disney owns Marvel Studios, the company releasing the film. Unsurprisingly, Disney also owns ABC. (An onscreen graphic briefly noted this. See below.)

The program allowed three minutes and seven seconds on when Britain's latest royal baby will be born. ABC producers flew reporter Sara Haines to London to cover the story. Other "news" items included a look at Bruce Jenner's transgender surgery.

Yet, there was no time for any mention of Stephanopoulos's old boss, Bill Clinton and the potential problems facing 2016 candidate Hillary Clinton. In contrast, CBS This Morning, a far more serious morning program, unloaded facts on viewers:

JULIANNA GOLDMAN: Former President Bill Clinton was paid $1.4 million by a Nigerian news media group to give two speeches there while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. Schweitzer says the group's founder had close ties to the country's president.It also raises new questions about long time friend and major benefactor Canadian billionaire Frank Giustra, including the implication that Secretary Clinton supported the Colombia free trade agreement because it helped Giustra's business interest. In another example, the New York Times reported on a previously undisclosed donation of $2.35 million from the foundation to the owner of a Russian uranium mining company looking to operate in the U.S. That required approval by the State Department, among other agencies.

NBC's Today brought on an "ethics expert" from the Sunlight Foundation, an organization backed by liberal billionaire George Soros, to dismiss the Clinton scandal. However, unlike GMA, at least the show's journalists covered it.

On Thursday night, ABC's World News and the NBC Nightly News covered the story. The CBS Evening News did not.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
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1 posted on 04/24/2015 11:42:41 AM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh
WHAT!??!!

They didn't do anything on Ted Cruz's college debate faux-pas?

I was SO looking forward to moar dirt on that...

2 posted on 04/24/2015 11:44:53 AM PDT by kiryandil (Egging the battleship USS Sarah Palin from their little Progressive rowboats...)
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To: drewh

She needs a moniker... how about Dirty Hillary?


3 posted on 04/24/2015 11:46:48 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: kiryandil

Gimme 14-1 odds and ‘Alexandria’ for the Royal Baby name...and Bruce Jenner BLLLLEEEECH! Isn’t it too early to hype that before breakfast?


4 posted on 04/24/2015 11:47:32 AM PDT by drewh
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To: kiryandil

They can’t give any attention to the fact that Cruz hosted a forum in the home of a homosexual because the news media narrative is that a conservative has to go for a homosexual’s blood within seconds of finding out. And Cruz defied that stereotype.


5 posted on 04/24/2015 11:48:47 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: drewh

If you are waiting for hard hitting news on GMA, you will be waiting a long time. First, it’s not type of a news program and second, they are as liberal as the day is long.


6 posted on 04/24/2015 11:48:51 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
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7 posted on 04/24/2015 11:50:25 AM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: drewh

We haven’t had TV since ‘97. On our last trip to Seattle we stayed with a friend for four days. They had GMA on every morning and I’ve never been exposed to such irrelevant pap in my life. At the time, Taylor Swift was dropping by and I was flabbergasted by her marketing genius. That was one of my two takeaways. The second? America is mind bogglingly immature at the individual voter level.

And it became crystal clear why people like Obama get selected as president and people like Hillary can even have a chance - and why we are doomed and my tag line is more accurate than ever.


8 posted on 04/24/2015 11:52:23 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: drewh

CBS this morning is in the tank as well. We actually laugh out loud at Nora, Charlie, and Gayle and how biased they are.


9 posted on 04/24/2015 11:52:44 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: drewh

I just keep hoping that if I ignore the Bruce Jenner thing, it might go away...


10 posted on 04/24/2015 11:53:21 AM PDT by kiryandil (Egging the battleship USS Sarah Palin from their little Progressive rowboats...)
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To: drewh

Its the liberal philosophy, they know if they don’t report something, its like it never happened and that is what they are banking on


11 posted on 04/24/2015 11:54:06 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Morpheus2009
They can’t give any attention to the fact that Cruz hosted a forum in the home of a homosexual because the news media narrative is that a conservative has to go for a homosexual’s blood within seconds of finding out. And Cruz defied that stereotype.

DRAT HIM for disrupting The Narrative...

12 posted on 04/24/2015 11:54:41 AM PDT by kiryandil (Egging the battleship USS Sarah Palin from their little Progressive rowboats...)
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To: drewh
The "News" businesses are a THREAT to this nation. Those are the Bastards that Got both Clinton *AND* Obama elected.

They do it by LYING THROUGH OMISSION, as well as the usual sort of lying.

13 posted on 04/24/2015 12:19:54 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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To: cuban leaf
That was one of my two takeaways. The second? America is mind bogglingly immature at the individual voter level.

And this indulgence of immaturity is the consequence of Deficit Spending by the US FedGov in my opinion. We are living in an age of false prosperity which is the effect of a pumped up spending spree.

14 posted on 04/24/2015 12:22:40 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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To: DiogenesLamp

Have you ever seen this VERY entertaining video explaining it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li0no7O9zmE

The sad thing is I saw this video many times before I realized it’s not my kids that are the kid in the video. WE are the kid, and it’s time to balance accounts. Hence my tag line.

BTW, all the numbers in the video are the federal government’s numbers with a bunch of zeros removed. ;-)


15 posted on 04/24/2015 12:33:38 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: drewh

I’m going to have to start posting Helen Thomas pictures to clean the eyeballs after seeing Jenner.


16 posted on 04/24/2015 12:55:47 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: cuban leaf
Have you ever seen this VERY entertaining video explaining it?

I have seen it. It works fine on patient rational people who understand finances, but it doesn't work on the 52% for among other reasons, It's too long, they don't understand finances, they aren't rational, and it won't get on television where they can see it.

Access to the mind of the Masses of @$$es can only be attained by Movies, Television and Magazines.

The Liberal control of all access to television is the Fortress Wall that we need to blast a hole through if we are ever going to solve any problems in this nation.

17 posted on 04/24/2015 1:16:45 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
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