Posted on 04/05/2017 8:38:38 PM PDT by MtnClimber
The worst kind of bias is the bias of omission. And that was never more on display than after reports surfaced earlier this week alleging former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice's had unmasked Trump transition team members.
So why is this a big story that deserves attention? Simply put, one of the highest-ranking members of the previous administration unmasked names of members of the incoming administration via classified intelligence reports, prompting many questions that warrant dogged journalism:
Who leaked the information to newspapers like The Washington Post?
Who, if anyone, ordered Rice to unmask the names of private U.S. citizens in the first place?
Was the ultimate objective of spying and exposing Trump associates for political purposes or for national security reasons?
And why did Rice lie when originally asked about an announcement by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) that Trump and some transition team members were incidentally swept up in surveillance?
To review what happened to prompt the last question above, here's how Rice answered a question around the Nunes revelation when asked by "PBS NewsHour" host Judy Woodruff on March 22.
Rice: “I know nothing about this. I was surprised to see reports from Chairman Nunes on that count today.".....
Now if I'm host Andrea Mitchell or one of her producers, the first soundbite I cue up is Rice on PBS denying any knowledge that she knew “nothing about” surveillance allegations. It's a simple but highly effective interviewing technique perfected by the late Tim Russert of NBC "Meet the Press" fame: Play the interviewee's own words back to them and ask them to explain themselves if those words appear to be a lie.
Mitchell and team don't bother doing so.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Simple,she’s a black woman and a Democrat.
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The leftist media want power over people too so they need to be the water carriers for leftist, totalitarian politicians. They are supposed to tell us what to believe.
>Why is mainstream media trying to cover up the Susan Rice story?
Because they are majority members of the democrat party.
Next?
Exactly.....:)
Ask the boards of directors at Disney, Comcast, and Time Warner.
It’s because of the ‘Magic Coffee Creamer President’ the one from Satan whos legacy must remain pure.
She’s right in his and Hillarys back pocket.
These people did not expect to lose.
The Hill seems to be coming around these last couple of days...
Simple,she’s a black woman and a Democrat.
This was Bush’s Condalisa Rice instead of Obama’s Susan Rice the left-wing media would be lynching her by now
Really race and gender doesn’t mean anything to the left except as an excuse to call everybody racist and sexist if they’re attacking a left Winger
Think of all the women on that right or Blacks on that right that the left has salvaged
The the left it only matter you be left...race and gender are just way to protect a leftist under attack
Simple,she’s a black woman and a Democrat.
This was Bush’s Condalisa Rice instead of Obama’s Susan Rice the left-wing media would be lynching her by now
Really race and gender doesn’t mean anything to the left except as an excuse to call everybody racist and sexist if they’re attacking a left Winger
Think of all the women on that right or Blacks on that right that the left has salvaged
The the left it only matter you be left...race and gender are just way to protect a leftist under attack
“Simple,she’s a black woman and a Democrat.” WHO IS MARRIED TO AN EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF ABC. (that helps, too)
Wow! What’s happening at The Hill?
This is now two decent stories from them. Do they see the writing on the wall??
Because....... Wait for it....
They are co conspirators.
Shrillary said that if Trump got in they would all hang.
I take her at her word just this one time.
If Sessions hasn't already got a grand jury going, its all over.
Maybe they are concerned the public couldn't conceive the biggest scandal in our history,
quick... start a war soon to get this off the front page.
Leni
Because they’re not real news outlets. Their function is not to provide the news but to provide propaganda that will keep people in line and supportive of the power elites.
Why? R U kidding? Her mendacity leads straight to their boy. They’ll do anything to keep that from happening.
SueRye neeeeeeeeds to be put in protective custody (or I do not like her chances of getting out of this alive). Oh, she’ll last at least until she has been deposed and has agreed to spill some major beans. After that, though, the only thing left will be what method will be chosen.
It leads straight to their messiah.
I think they do. If an independent counsel is appointed over this it’s going to be YUGE. As Hannity said, Watergate on steroids.
Now unmasking for political purposes is very difficult to prove however it goes far deeper than that.
Keep in mind there are logs that prove the unmasking.
My eyes are on Brennan, Rhodes and possibly Clapper.
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