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Mark Halperin: Press 'Biased Against' Hillary
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 02/11/2016 3:06:40 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest

Any would-be Republican presidential candidate who had--hanging around his neck--all the scandals and investigations that surround Hillary Clinton, would likely not have the chutzpah to throw his hat into the ring. He would know that the MSM would create such a toxic environment that his candidacy would never have a chance of getting off the ground.

And so it is somewhere between amusing and outrageous to hear Mark Halperin claim, as he did on today's With All Due Respect, that the press is "biased against" Hillary Clinton. Granted, Halperin did so in the context of discussing this evening's Dem debate between Hillary and Bernie Sanders. As between those two, might the MSM lean towards Sanders, as the further-left candidate? Could be. But if Hillary wins the nomination, does Halperin doubt that the press will be pulling for Clinton against the Republican? Some bias!

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; halperin; hillaryclinton; markhalperin; msmbias

1 posted on 02/11/2016 3:06:40 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Biased........wow. just wow. where is the press telling the millennials how she got more delegates than bernie?


2 posted on 02/11/2016 3:08:58 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Total nutcase.

If anyone gets a pass from these alleged “Journ-O-Lists” like the brown nosing Halperin, it’s the Clintons

Ok, second behind Obambie, but still the point remains


3 posted on 02/11/2016 3:09:08 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (If you're "offended" by "Merry Christmas" then you have much bigger issues)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

What’s Mark Halperin smoking?


4 posted on 02/11/2016 3:12:07 PM PST by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hillary’s a “victim”.


5 posted on 02/11/2016 3:22:03 PM PST by Signalman
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Does he seriously have a Wu-tang sticker on that tablet stand?


6 posted on 02/11/2016 3:22:04 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If by “biased against” you mean “hates her guts”, I suspect he’s right


7 posted on 02/11/2016 3:24:59 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: ColdOne
where is the press telling the millennials how she got more delegates than bernie?

They're still busy writing about how Fat Albert really won Florida in 2000...

8 posted on 02/11/2016 3:31:59 PM PST by ErnBatavia (It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
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9 posted on 02/11/2016 3:32:18 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

i agree that there are probably a lot of foot soldiers in the press who are bernistas, but the editorial class and the money that pays for them are completely in the cankles camp.


10 posted on 02/11/2016 3:35:30 PM PST by Sirius Lee (Cruz or Lose 2016)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Fun to watch how sure they are that they are experts and know what nobody else does.

Why didn’t they predict what happened if they are such insightful “insiders.”


11 posted on 02/11/2016 3:35:41 PM PST by bajabaja (Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
No, they aren't "biased against" Hillary, but once a politician's integrity is called into question and it becomes a "story" the media can't forever avoid mentioning it.

Also, if you're a strikingly good campaigner, the media talk about it. If you're a particularly bad campaigner, they'll discuss that. Hillary definitely fits into one of those categories, and maybe you can guess which.

So,no, there are negative stories about Hillary that the media can't entirely suppress, but that doesn't mean the press is biased against Clinton, or that they'd favor Bernie -- let alone a Republican -- to Hillary.

12 posted on 02/11/2016 3:37:43 PM PST by x
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Says the guy that spiked the Monica story until Drudge blew it wide open back in the good old days of the Clintonista’s. What a hack.


13 posted on 02/11/2016 4:01:59 PM PST by Gen-X-Dad
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To: Gen-X-Dad

Oops, wrong Michael on Monica, it was Isikoff at Newsweek not Halperin. Halperin is still a hack that tries to act like a neutral arbiter of the media, who just happens to constantly apologize for Dems, especially the Clintons.


14 posted on 02/11/2016 4:05:59 PM PST by Gen-X-Dad
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To: DoughtyOne

What is this red and blue thing you keep posting?


15 posted on 02/11/2016 4:52:43 PM PST by Huntress ("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
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To: Huntress

Place your cursor over the bar. It will tell you.

If you’re on an iPad or other device, that might now work.

It’s a like to the FR Caucus.


16 posted on 02/11/2016 4:55:22 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: Gen-X-Dad

Halperin isn’t a Michael.


17 posted on 02/11/2016 5:25:16 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term governors)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

When your future and life depend on saying certain things, even if they are bald faced lies, you get out there and say them with a straight face.


18 posted on 02/11/2016 7:20:50 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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