Let me spell this our for those in the "Clinton/Lynch thing is no big deal" camp.

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22. Our much vaunted press has done a terrible job of explaining the FBI investigation

to the American public. Instead of facts and real news, we get narratives (framed to drive ratings) from TV news stars who earn millions of dollars for playing the game the right way.

Last year both the New York Times and the Washington Post made monetary deals (complete with nondisclosure clauses) with a discredited right wing author to "advance his story lines" in exchange for exclusive rights to access parts of his "research". Bob Somerby (liberal watchdog of the liberal press) wrote about the ethics of the deal and the press's abrogation of its duty at length last year at the Daily Howler.

I've been watching some in the press try to walk back the nonsensical non-stories concerning the Clintons for a few months now that we have a candidate who is truly dangerous, unethical, and purely self-interested, but 25 years of the anti Clinton nonsense has taken its toll. It certainly didn't help when some "progressive" partisans employed a scorched earth strategy in an attempt to bolster their candidate by serving up every anti-Clinton right wing talking point to young voters (who didn't know the history of the ridiculous claims) in an attempt to convince them to never vote for a candidate named Clinton.

I take everything I read and hear with a grain of salt. Many of our telegenic and personable highly paid news stars are dumb as dirt and either entirely manipulative or blinded to their own privilege.* When I want to sort things out, I'll go to sources I trust like Bob Somerby, Kevin Drum, and the brilliant Lambert Strether at Naked Capitalism, who is no fan of Hillary.


*Anderson Cooper, who asked Hillary Clinton why she was paid such high fees for giving speeches, himself receives a minimum of $75,000 to give a speech. I'm sure he would take great umbrage if he were told that there is at least the appearance of a conflict of interest.

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