Newly Leaked Emails Reveal
Unprecedented Coordination
Between Hillary Campaign
And Press
18
October, 2016
It
is no secret that the mainstream media has a "slight"
left-leaning bias in their political reporting. But newly
leaked emails from Guccifer 2.0, obtained exclusively by The
Intercept,
reveal just how "cozy" and pervasive the Clinton campaign's
relationship is with the press. From "off-the-record
dinners with the key national reporters" to feeding pre-written
propaganda pieces to "friendly" journalists, the new leaks
reveal startling coordination between the Clinton campaign and the
mainstream media.
The
first revelation comes from a January 2015 strategy document written
by Hillary's press secretary, Nick Merrill, about how the campaign
should approach reporting on Hillary's decision to run for
president. The memo identifies "Maggie Haberman" of
Politico as someone who had a "very good relationship" with
the campaign and who had "teed up stories" for Hillary in
the past.
Other
documents revealed by The
Intercept,
listed those whom the campaign regarded as their most reliable
“surrogates” – such as CNN’s Hilary Rosen and Donna Brazile,
as well as Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden.
The list also included "David Brock" as a "Progressive
Helper"...of course, Brock has made headlines this weekend as
the latest WikiLeaks dump of the "Podesta Emails" revealed
that the Hillary
campaign potentially coordinated directly with Brock's "Correct
the Record" Super PAC, which is technically a felony (see
"Podesta
Emails Reveal Illegal Coordination With David Brock Super PAC")
The
next memo comes from Clinton's deputy press secretary, Jesse
Ferguson, who helped setup an "off-the-record dinner with key
national reporters." The memo lists the goals of the
dinner, one of which is to "give
reporters their first thoughts from team HRC in advance of the
announcement"...certainly
wouldn't want anyone to form and/or report their independent,
unbiased thoughts now would we?
Finally,
another document reveals the Clinton strategy to constantly feed
stories to the traveling press to prevent them from saying something
that might be "unhelpful"...they do say that offense is the
best defense.
"Give reporters who must cover daily HRC news something to cover other than the unhelpful stories about the foundation, emails, etc."
While
none of these revelations are particularly shocking, they are yet
another startling reminder of just how corrupt and irrelevant the
mainstream media has become in delivering independent, unbiased news
to the American public.
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