I can believe that NBC scrapped the story, but it's not exactly as if Juanita Broadrick has anything new to say.....(Or at least I haven't heard of any new allegationa). NBC has for a long time done the Clinton's bidding.....Nothing new here.
On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 3:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Did NBC, a "reliable liberal news scource" scrap the story to protect the > Clintons.....why do it in the first place....the rape allegation was news > to me...put the story out there and let the public decide rather then some > corporate insiders....just an other example of the two different standards > of behavior one for ordinary people, from corporate executives to office > clerks who would have been fired and were FIRED for doing what Billy did > and another standard for the Clinton's absolving them of their > behaviors..... as Yul Brnyer commented in the "King and I".....what a > puzzlement!? > > In a message dated 1/16/2016 4:12:02 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > > > > > > http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/15/nbc-scrapped-story-about-bill-clinton-rape-accuser-because-she-didnt-have-anything-new-to-say/ > > > NBC Scrapped Story About Bill Clinton Rape Accuser Because She Didn’t Have > ‘Anything New’ To Say > > > > <http://dailycaller.com/author/chuck-ross/> > > Chuck Ross <http://dailycaller.com/author/chuck-ross/> > > [image: Description: > http://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/broaddrick-e1452811412167.jpg] > > 4857916 > > NBC News journalists — including veteran reporter Andrea Mitchell — > conducted interviews last week with Juanita Broaddrick, the Arkansas woman > who says Bill Clinton raped her in 1978, but decided not to go forward with > a story, claiming that there was not “anything new” to report. > > “When Juanita Broaddrick went public last week, NBC News sent an associate > producer to Arkansas to see if there was anything new in her story. We > established there was not, and decided not to pursue it any further,” an > NBC spokesperson told BuzzFeed News > <http://www.buzzfeed.com/kyleblaine/bill-clinton-accuser-juanita-broaddrick-people-are-more-read#.nr336wDG9> > . > > Broaddrick, a 73-year-old retired nursing home administrator, spoke out on > Twitter last Wednesday after 17 years of silence about the alleged rape. > > “I was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me and > Hillary tried to silence me. I am now 73…. it never goes away,” Broaddrick > wrote in a tweet that has been shared 13,000 times. > > > > Broaddrick, who is one of numerous women who have accused Clinton of > sexual violence or harassment over the years, had first talked publicly > about the 1978 incident in a 1999 interview with NBC’s “Dateline.” She said > during that interview that she met Clinton when she went to volunteer at > the Little Rock headquarters of his gubernatorial campaign. She said she > and Clinton later met for coffee at a hotel where she was staying but that > the politician asked to carry on their discussion in her room. There, > Broaddrick says Clinton raped her. > > When Broaddrick resurfaced last week, NBC approached her, seemingly > enthusiastic about airing her story. Andrea Mitchell, who hosts a daytime > show on MSNBC, called Broaddrick. That was followed up with a call from a > producer who later traveled to Van Buren, Ark. to negotiate an on-camera > interview, BuzzFeed first reported. > > Broaddrick told The Daily Caller that during her conversation with > Mitchell, the veteran reporter mentioned wanting to get a camera crew to > Arkansas to film an interview. But she also recorded their phone interview > which Broaddrick says Mitchell “really wanted…for evening news.” > > After that, the producer called Broaddrick saying that she would be flying > to Arkansas and hoped to meet for coffee to discuss another interview. > > Broaddrick initially declined the request and referred the producer to the > 1999 “Dateline” segment. > > But as emails obtained by TheDC show, the producer was persistent about > meeting with Broaddrick and said she was “passionate” about her story. > > “I do think there is something extremely important in your decision to > tweet today in this particular political climate,” the producer said, > adding later that she was part of “a new generation of NBC here who has the > opportunity to meet someone who’s [sic] story is one I am passionate about!” > > It is unclear why that passion did not translate into a news segment about > Broaddrick’s allegations. NBC did not respond to TheDC’s request for > comment. > > As many observers have pointed out, while Broaddrick’s story is not new in > the sense that it has never been covered, it is information that is still > unknown to a whole new generation of potential voters who were not around > during the sex scandals of the Bill Clinton presidency. That awareness gap > is especially important because younger Americans tend to take sexual > assault accusations more seriously. > > While many Clinton defenders have said that the actions of Bill Clinton > should not reflect on his wife, the former secretary of state has spoken > out in support of sexual assault victims in order to bolster support for > her campaign. > > “Every survivor of sexual assault deserves to be heard, believed, and > supported,” Clinton tweeted in November. > > “I hate to say it, but I think a lot of it has to do so recently with the > Bill Cosby thing. I just think it’s a different environment. I think people > are more ready to believe victims,” Broaddrick told Buzzfeed. > > Broaddrick also said that when she talked to Mitchell, the journalist only > seemed interested in an encounter Broaddrick had with Hillary Clinton > several weeks after the alleged rape in 1978. > > “She asked me about my meeting with Mrs. Clinton in 1978. That’s the only > thing she was interested in,” Broaddrick told BuzzFeed. “She didn’t want to > go into anything else. And when I told her, she seemed she was being very > defensive of Mrs. Clinton.” > > Broaddrick has claimed that she believes Clinton attempted to silence her > at a small campaign fundraiser in Little Rock shortly after the alleged > hotel assault. > > “I just want you to know how much Bill and I appreciate what you do for > him,” Broaddrick claims Hillary Clinton told her. Broaddrick says Clinton > held onto her hand and repeated the comment. “Do you understand? Everything > that you do,” Clinton said, according to Broaddrick, who has said she > attended the function because she was in denial about the attack at the > time. > > In their conversation last week, Broaddrick says Mitchell asked her of her > encounter with Hillary Clinton: “How do you know what she meant?” > > “You had to have been there. I knew what Mrs. Clinton was trying to say,” > Broaddrick says she told Mitchell. > > “I really felt bad with how she was questioning me, she wanted to know > what I thought and then right in the middle of it to question my > sincerity,” Broaddrick told BuzzFeed. “That hurt my feelings.” > > Broaddrick says that she is “really surprised” that NBC scrapped coverage > of her story on the grounds that she has nothing new to offer. > > “I never said I had anything new to offer. What I said on Twitter is what > I said in 1999,” Broaddrick told Buzzfeed. > > “After chasing me for a few days, then to say I had nothing new to offer. > I was just shocked,” she added. > > NBC’s apparent decision to spike its coverage of Broaddrick’s story is not > a surprise given how the mainstream media has acted to protect Bill Clinton > in the past from accusations of sexual impropriety. > > In Jan. 1998, Newsweek infamously spiked the story of Clinton’s affair > with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Matt Drudge’s website, the Drudge > Report, sparked a revolution in conservative media when he reported > <http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2002/01/17/20020117_175502_ml.htm> > news of the affair and of Newsweek’s actions on his website. > > There were also rumblings that NBC sat on its 1999 “Dateline” interview > with Broaddrick until after the Senate voted on perjury and obstruction of > justice charges against Clinton. NBC’s Lisa Myers interviewed her on Jan. > 20, 1999. Clinton was acquitted on Feb. 12, 1999. “Dateline” aired the > Broaddrick piece on Feb. 24, 1999 only after the Wall Street Journal and > Washington Post published articles with Broaddrick’s claims. > > She told the Observer in a 1999 interview > <http://observer.com/1999/04/nbcs-vetting-of-juanita-broaddrick-clintons-accuser-discusses-agonizing-weeks-as-nbc-dragged-it-out/> > that the 35-day wait from the time she gave the “Dateline” interview until > it aired was “agonizing.” She also said she believed that the White House > had put pressure on NBC to spike the story. > > > > Read more: > http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/15/nbc-scrapped-story-about-bill-clinton-rape-accuser-because-she-didnt-have-anything-new-to-say/#ixzz3xME6xLPp > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmYjZocGhwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NTI4OTk0NDI-> > > - New Members > > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJnM2lzZzA1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDUyODk5NDQy> > 1 > > [image: > https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlczc1dXI4BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ1Mjg5OTQ0Mg--] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlczc1dXI4BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ1Mjg5OTQ0Mg--> > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe > <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms > of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > <http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. 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