They don’t bother with silly stuff like retractions

new york times

They’re too busy scraping the scrambled eggs off their faces

Broadcast media and major newspapers are ignoring the State Department’s determination that there is no evidence to support allegations made by Republican activist and discredited author Peter Schweizer in his book, Clinton Cash, that Hillary Clinton’s actions as secretary of state were influenced by donations to the Clinton Foundation — despite the fact that many of these media outlets previously highlighted Schweizer’s allegations after receiving advanced excerpts of the book and entering into exclusive agreements with the author to report on its storylines.

On May 4, State Department spokesperson Jeff Rathke said that the department is “not aware of any evidence that actions taken by Secretary Clinton were influenced by donation to the Clinton Foundation or speech on honoraria of former President Clinton.” The statement came ahead of the official release of Clinton Cash, Republican activist and consultant Peter Schweizer’s book which alleges unethical ties between Hillary Clinton’s actions as secretary of state and foreign government donations to the Clinton Foundation.

Broadcast media and major newspapers have fallen silent following the State Department’s assertion that they “are not aware of any evidence to suggest that there was any influence.” Neither Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, nor NBC reported on State’s assertion in their May 4 evening broadcasts. Major newspapers including The New York TimesWashington PostThe Wall Street Journal, Politico, and Time magazine failed to report on the State Department’s response, despite many having received advanced excerpts from the book and having previously entered into “exclusive agreements” with Clinton Cash author Peter Schweizer to report on “storylines found in the book.”

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