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Media Hypocrisy: Jeff Sessions and Russia vs. Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress
http://legalinsurrection.com ^ | 03/04/2017 | Kemberlee Kaye

Posted on 03/04/2017 2:28:55 PM PST by heterosupremacist

On March 2, Democrats accused Sessions of misleading Congress by not disclosing that he met with the Russian ambassador to the United States twice while he was serving as Senator. Despite admitting that the statements Sessions made to Congress “would not be considered false under the law”

CBS covered the Session controversy the most, with an overwhelming 28 minutes and 42 seconds.

On Good Morning America on March 3, Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl quipped, “Both the Russians and the White House has used the phrase “witch hunt” to describe this. And as for the ambassador, George, at some point you get to wondering who didn’t meet with the Russian ambassador on this campaign.”

On the NBC Nightly News March 2, Peter Alexander strongly implied that Sessions had committed perjury, “While the White House is defending Sessions, his testimony under oath remains under scrutiny with critics pointing to this 1999 interview where then Senator Sessions called perjury claims against President Bill Clinton serious allegations.”

June 28, 2012, then-Attorney General Eric Holder became the first Cabinet member to be held in contempt of Congress for withholding documents from the House investigation into the Obama administration’s Fast and Furious scandal.

Anticipating the vote later that day, the three broadcast morning shows on June 28 offered a combined 91 seconds of coverage. That night, only NBC offered a full report (2 minutes, 8 seconds), while CBS and ABC limited themselves to brief anchor-read items (30 and 35 seconds, respectively).

Add it all up, and the unprecedented contempt charge against Obama’s Attorney General earned only 10 minutes, 38 seconds of network airtime, or only slightly more than one-seventh of that spent in the last day-and-a-half over Sessions’ meeting with the Ambassador.

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1 posted on 03/04/2017 2:28:55 PM PST by heterosupremacist
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To: heterosupremacist
On March 2, Democrats accused Sessions of misleading Congress by not disclosing that he met with the Russian ambassador to the United States twice while he was serving as Senator. Despite admitting that the statements Sessions made to Congress “would not be considered false under the law”

And despite having still produced zero actual evidence that any "hacking of the election" took place, or of what the actual effect of such "hacking" might have been.

On March 4, President Trump accused former president Obama of wiretapping his private premises while he was running for President.

And all of a sudden, the MSM is all about "the evidence."

All of a sudden, "the President has offered no evidence to back up his claim."

2 posted on 03/04/2017 2:33:40 PM PST by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: Steely Tom

bkmk


3 posted on 03/04/2017 2:37:57 PM PST by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
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To: sauropod

They don’t require evidence unless it is our side making the accusation, then they respond with “There is no evidence.” They all do it, even my lib son in law.


4 posted on 03/04/2017 2:41:18 PM PST by Luke21
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To: Luke21

I find liberals the most loathsome people. They are on a mission from hell and their time will come one way or another. It will not be pretty.


5 posted on 03/04/2017 5:26:29 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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