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2. The MSM barely mentioned it at the time, IIRC...

Reply to blm (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 05:15 PM

Mar 2015

Only TPM, ThinkProgress, et al, were reporting on it...

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Anyone recall the level of media scrutiny for the millions of emails Bush-Cheney-Rove 'lost'? [View all] blm Mar 2015 OP

Whaddaya mean? The "liberal" media was HOT on that story!!!! MADem Mar 2015 #1

; ) blm Mar 2015 #5

The MSM barely mentioned it at the time, IIRC... Cooley Hurd Mar 2015 #2

I remember that, and you are correct..the MSM covered it for a day, Stuart G Mar 2015 #3

We need to find then send the data around. The difference must be staggering. blm Mar 2015 #4

I remember a picture of a huge shredding company truck thecrow Mar 2015 #28

I remember that!!! IOKIYAR blm Mar 2015 #32

People on both sides of the aisle do not WANT to remember it. Aerows Mar 2015 #9

And SmartTech, the company that hosted Republican email, also helped "count votes" in Ohio in 2004.. cascadiance Mar 2015 #6

Who can forget? blm Mar 2015 #7

Not Rove. Blackwell. riqster Mar 2015 #29

Yes, and I about lost my top last night Aerows Mar 2015 #8

They quit caring in 2001 imo. Rex Mar 2015 #14

I know Aerows Mar 2015 #16

And now they have billion dollar think tanks and 'institutes' to crunch numbers for them. Rex Mar 2015 #20

Nobody would care now Rilgin Mar 2015 #84

Hell No.. it's business as usual for the US corporate A$$hole media.. cover up the repub scandals.. Cha Mar 2015 #10

But but but Hillary Clinton is special. Scandal just trails both Clintons wherever they go... Hekate Mar 2015 #11

I think if MWO were around, they'd be more cautious at some levels. blm Mar 2015 #12

I think you are right about Andrea M. She's an old-timer with reputation to match, yet she ... Hekate Mar 2015 #19

My beef was that she's supposed to have MAJOR foreign policy creds, yet blm Mar 2015 #22

You and I agree completely. How could Andrea have failed to cover that story? HOW? Hekate Mar 2015 #25

Traitor Tot!! riqster Mar 2015 #30

I have to say right up front, plain and center Aerows Mar 2015 #80

This has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton Aerows Mar 2015 #17

See my comments about Andrea Mitchell, above. The problem is, the Clintons never seem to ... Hekate Mar 2015 #23

Well then the Bushes Aerows Mar 2015 #31

Take a breath. You are not seriously equating the Clintons with the Bushs and Cheneys?! Hekate Mar 2015 #43

No. I may have forgotten or before my time on DU sakabatou Mar 2015 #13

It was 2002-3 and was developing into a force to be reckoned with. blm Mar 2015 #15

I've seen you use the acronym Aerows Mar 2015 #18

MediaWhoresOnline Fumesucker Mar 2015 #21

The best. blm Mar 2015 #24

Can't say I wasn't just as upset by it Aerows Mar 2015 #33

Hillary didn't break the law. The law was overhauled and the new one pnwmom Mar 2015 #35

Good God Almighty. Aerows Mar 2015 #36

Just let me know which law she broke? Agschmid Mar 2015 #39

I hope this link is adequate. Aerows Mar 2015 #48

Which section of the law listed was broken? Agschmid Mar 2015 #53

The journaling part of it. Aerows Mar 2015 #55

So if by journaling you mean section 1... Agschmid Mar 2015 #57

"make and preserve records" Aerows Mar 2015 #60

Eh I'm not trying to pick a fight... Agschmid Mar 2015 #62

You are a good DUer Aerows Mar 2015 #65

You both are! NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #73

Thanks, Eugene Aerows Mar 2015 #79

Thanks... Agschmid Mar 2015 #81

Ooopsie. Way over the top with false equivalencies. OTT see my post above. Hekate Mar 2015 #44

You accused me of being a birther Aerows Mar 2015 #51

I remember, blm...... KoKo Mar 2015 #26

Yep, definitely forgot/didn't know about this. sakabatou Mar 2015 #41

Cheney flat out refused and told them to go malaise Mar 2015 #27

Or all the emails Colin Powell deliberately deleted? No one raised any eyebrow about that. pnwmom Mar 2015 #34

An eyebrow did get raised Aerows Mar 2015 #37

I noticed that Elizabeth Warren isn't criticizing Hillary for this. pnwmom Mar 2015 #38

I don't give a shit who does or does not criticize it. Aerows Mar 2015 #40

Hillary preserved her State Department emails and sent them to the State Department. pnwmom Mar 2015 #42

For a very good reason Aerows Mar 2015 #46

She did preserve it and sent it to the State Department when they asked for it. pnwmom Mar 2015 #49

No Aerows Mar 2015 #52

I assume this will be your response to me in the other thread? Agschmid Mar 2015 #54

I am only capable of posting in so many threads Aerows Mar 2015 #56

Lol. Agschmid Mar 2015 #58

She journaled/preserved it by sending it TO recipients with .gov state department addresses. MADem Mar 2015 #78

I guess we are supposed to take her word for it. Hillary, that is. Trust her! NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #68

We trust people in government to make phone calls without transcripts. pnwmom Mar 2015 #83

You've worked in the government for how long, exactly? n/t Aerows Mar 2015 #86

How is that relevant? n/t pnwmom Mar 2015 #87

When you are attempting to speak from a position of authority Aerows Mar 2015 #92

How was I attempting to speak from authority? pnwmom Mar 2015 #93

When you assert something Aerows Mar 2015 #94

What did I way that was incorrect? pnwmom Mar 2015 #95

How do we "KNOW" she preserved all of her State Department emails?... cascadiance Mar 2015 #59

We should have fixed the antiquated .gov system years ago, and we should be pnwmom Mar 2015 #64

No arguments from me on Aerows Mar 2015 #66

I'd like to think this is an area we could all agree on and not make this just a "Hillary" thing... cascadiance Mar 2015 #69

I'm trying to avoid this being just about Hillary, but SHE helped make it that way... cascadiance Mar 2015 #67

And here is a person that get's it. Aerows Mar 2015 #70

History Rilgin Mar 2015 #97

There is not enough factual evidence on the planet to convince a birther either. I am really sorry. Hekate Mar 2015 #45

Are you implying that I am a birther Aerows Mar 2015 #47

Read my posts above -- I responded to you with explanation for the term I used. Long response here Hekate Mar 2015 #74

I appreciate your response Aerows Mar 2015 #76

Annnnnnd the jury results. zappaman Mar 2015 #72

Oh. Well, thank you jury. Probably dug myself in deeper with the long post I wrote while... Hekate Mar 2015 #75

I appreciated your explanation Aerows Mar 2015 #85

Because I didn't. It was an analogy gone wrong. Thank you, though, for reading my explanation. Hekate Mar 2015 #88

I can accept that it was an analogy gone wrong. Aerows Mar 2015 #91

The underlying statute has no teeth - so there seemed no leveymg Mar 2015 #50

I miss "the horse"!!!! salin Mar 2015 #61

Or the two trillion dollars the military "lost" as of 9/10/2001. nt valerief Mar 2015 #63

That everybody forgets about. Aerows Mar 2015 #71

The media scrutiny was nil. malokvale77 Mar 2015 #77

They did exactly nothing about it. Aerows Mar 2015 #90

"I'm not ready to use the appellation you did" malokvale77 Mar 2015 #96

I'd say New York Times coverage is far from "media silence" as some here are suggesting... MadDAsHell Mar 2015 #82

It's the LEVEL of coverage. We're well aware that some exists - certainly NOT comparable to blm Mar 2015 #99

Nope. Not the MSM. Only the left wing press. McCamy Taylor Mar 2015 #89

It Is So Maddening colsohlibgal Mar 2015 #98