Sunday, July 10, 2016

CBS News Political Director: 'Our Job' to Steer Away from the Clintons' Past
..."Well it’s ah...so it feels like this campaign’s going to be a lot about Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton’s past and Donald Trump’s past. Elections are supposed to be about the future. And it feels like we are not, um, we’re not having that conversation. Although we’ve tried it. Actually, you know, one of our jobs is to try to take the conversation and make it about the future and people’s lives, not about adjudicating the past."...

How The DNC—And Media—Conned Us Into Clinton
...The strategy email also cautioned DNC operatives to leave “no fingerprints”as they “utilize reporters to drive a message.”

Want to repeat that sentence: “Utilize reporters to drive a message.” I’m waiting for Woodward or Bernstein to comment....

...And of course, many reporters along the way did the bidding the Clinton memo outlined—in some cases, openly prepping them with questions before going on-air....