That's the kicker....For Todd and Mitchell to raise any objection smells sour....Obviously neither is fearful of the RNC or Priebus.
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > August 22, 2013 **** > How Hillary pulls the strings at NBC**** > > Thomas Lifson**** > > ** ** > > Noel Sheppard at > Newsbusters<http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/08/21/report-nbc-news-fears-retaliation-former-first-lady-if-hillary-minise>exposes > the way Team Hillary is manipulating the NBC networks over the > planned miniseries on her life. The planned offer of fealty turned into a > disaster when Reince Priebus and the GOP stood up, cried foul and threw NBC > out of contention to host 2016 presidential debates, along with CNN which > planned a documentary. Officially put on notice that it is regarded as > biased, N BC would have been under pressure to show at least a few warts on > the career of Hillary, studded as it is with incidents best forgotten from > Mrs. Clinton's perspective. **** > > Noel writes:**** > > On August 8, I speculated that the Clintons might have been responsible > for three different NBC employees within a few hours of each other speaking > out against the network's planned miniseries about Hillary.**** > > On Wednesday, the Hollywood Reporter cited unnamed sources at NBC News > claiming that fear of the Clintons might be playing a role in that > network's apparent cold-feet regarding the project:**** > > [S]ources at NBC News say that it was not simply Republican ire that set > the news division on edge. Rather, it was the specter of retaliation from > the former first lady and secretary of state, who very well could be a > leading 2016 presidential candidate. The Clintons' penchant for grudges is > legendary. And Hillary in 2008 threatened to boycott an MSNBC-sponsored > debate over former anchor David Shuster's comment that Chelsea Clinton had > been "pimped out" for her mother's campaign. Any scripted Clinton project > almost certainly would include content objectionable to Bill and Hillary. > "The Clintons are the ones to worry about," says an NBC source. "Who needs > those headaches?"**** > > The puppet strings are showing, as Clinton allies at NBC step up:**** > > For those that have forgotten, Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd, and Robert > Gibbs within hours of each other spoke out against this project on August 7. > **** > > Independent TV news analyst Andrew Tyndall marvelously observed to THR, > "It's a bit rich for Todd and Mitchell to cry foul now about their > journalistic purity being contaminated by commercial and ideological > considerations. As if the MSNBC lineup where Todd and Mitchell ply their > trade every day is not shared with activist ideologues such as Al Sharpton > and Ed Schultz."**** > > The Clinton Machine is a marvel to behold. Stay tuned for the project to > die with no Clinton fingerprints on it.**** > > > *Page Printed from: > http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/08/how_hillary_pulls_the_strings_at_nbc.html > * at August 23, 2013 - 12:27:26 PM CDT**** > > > __._,_.___ > > > > > > > __,_._,___ > > > -- > -- > 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/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- 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/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
