Meet the liberal press — a mainstream media cabal with deep ties to the Democratic Party

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Meet the liberal press — a mainstream media cabal with deep ties to the Democratic Party
By Cheryl K. Chumley
April 11, 2017

Well, let the facts speak for themselves then.

1) George Stephanopolous
. . . . what was noticeably missing from this interview? Stephanopolous’ mention of his donation of $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation. Sort of interesting, right? But then, so’s this: Ali Wentworth, Stephanoplolous’ wife, told the Hollywood Reporter back in November, when the election was supposed to go Clinton’s way: “If Trump wins, we’ll start looking at real estate in Sydney, Australia. No crime, no guns.” Not exactly what one would expect to hear from an unbiased newsman, is it? Just don’t ask Stephanopolous to admit the bias.
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2) Christiane Amanpour
. . . Amanpour in a December 2016 statement warned about “Trump’s rhetoric against the press” — that it was creating a “very dangerous” climate for journalists. That was after a November 2016 post-election piece she penned for CNN in which she decried the use of one candidate’s social media accounts — wonder who she meant? — to do “a savvy end run around us”

3) Chuck Todd, of NBC fame, is married to Democratic operative, Kristian Denny Todd. Denny Todd has quite an interesting career, rooted deep in Democratic-progressive politics. She served in 1992 as an aide to Florida’s then-Speaker of the House Bolley “Bo” Johnson – the same “Bo” Johnson who went to jail in 1999 for a two-year sentence for tax evasion. She then headed west for work, serving for the next five years in U.S. Rep. Gary Condit’s office – the same Democratic Californian Gary Condit who was later investigated for the disappearance of his office intern, Chandra Levy, whose body was discovered in a Washington, D.C., park in 2002. Moving on: Denny Todd then worked for the Democratic Party in Washington state, for the reelection campaign of Democratic Sen. Ernest “Frits” Hollings, for the office of Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, for the leadership PAC for Democratic U.S. Sen. John Edwards – and for Edwards’ failed presidential campaign – and then for Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Graham. . . . . Interesting? Yes. Significant? Yes. Proof of Todd’s pro-leftist slant? You decide.

4) Laura Jarrett, daughter of Obama family friend and confidante, Valerie Jarrett, was hired by CNN to cover the Justice Department under President Donald Trump. What are Jarrett’s qualifications for this position? Well, certainly not journalism. Here’s an excerpt from her bio on the CNN site: “Prior to joining CNN, Jarrett worked as a litigation attorney in Chicago. In private practice, Jarrett focused on defending companies and individuals in government investigations brought by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as complex commercial litigation.” How that’s played on the day-to-day is Jarrett’s jumped aboard some of the largest stories coming out of the Donald Trump administration – from immigration to the White House travel ban. And surprise, surprise, her coverage isn’t exactly favorable to Trump. In one tweet, she wrote: “‘undocumented’ doesn’t = criminal,” and included a link to her story that was titled, “Are undocumented immigrants committing a crime? Not necessarily.” She also tweeted a link to a video of CNN interviewing her about Trump’s executive orders prohibiting travelers from terror hot spots from entering U.S. borders for a short time, and it was entitled, “DHS report undercuts Trump rationale for #travelban.’” Jarrett – both Laura and mom Valerie – couldn’t be closer to the Obamas. Not only has Valerie moved into the Obama family home in Washington, D.C. But the whole Obama family – Barack, Michelle, Sasha and Melania – attended Laura’s wedding at mom Valerie’s house in Chicago in 2012. The ties that bind.

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Susan Rice, former national security adviser and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Obama, is married to Ian Cameron, who served, until 2010, as an executive producer at ABC News. Ari Shapiro, a White House correspondent for NPR, was wedded to lawyer Michael Gottlieb, who served on the White House legal team for Obama, beginning April 2013. Joe Biden’s communications director, while vice president, was Shailagh Murrah, who was not only a former congressional reporter with the Washington Post, but who was also married to Neil King, a top Wall Street Journal political reporter. Savannah Guthrie, who just returned after three months’ maternity leave to her co-host spot on NBC’s “Today” show, is married to Michael Feldman, a long-time political strategist and consultant who worked as a senior advisor and chief of staff for Al Gore, and as a chief liaison for the Clinton administration to Congress. In 2013, ENews wrote this of Feldman’s political ties: “He’s connected.”

Honestly, are there any unaffiliated, unbiased, conflict-of-interest free journalists left in mainstream media?

Follow the money and it underscores the inherent biases and ties between mainstream media and Democrats even more.

In an October 2016 story from the nonprofit Public Integrity called “Buying of the President,” the headline said it all: “Journalists shower Hillary Clinton with campaign cash: Far fewer making contributions to Donald Trump, analysis shows.” The piece opens with mention of Pulitzer Prize winner Emily Nussbaum, who serves as a television critic for the New Yorker, writing of Trump’s “ugly and xenophobic campaign,” all the while slipping – absent disclosure to the reader — $250 to Hillary Clinton’s team in April. A few lines later, there’s this: Carole Simpson, former ABC “World News Tonight” anchor, made history by becoming the first black woman to moderate a presidential debate – but not as well-known is her donation to the Clinton campaign of $2,800.

The Center for Public Integrity found that of those who identified in federal campaign finance reports as journalists, anchors, reporters or editors, 430 donated a collective $382,000 to Clinton’s recent presidential campaign. Only about 50 gave $14,000 gave to Trump.

That’s a 96 percent favoring of the media donors for Clinton, leading one to wonder, now that Trump’s elected: Just how fair a shake is he getting from the press?

What’s worse than the actual donations, however, is the denial of bias. Pew Research Center in 2004 conducted a survey of 547 reporters, editors and news executives and found 34 percent who worked in national outlets self-identified as liberal versus 7 percent as conservative. Most – 54 percent – said their political views were “moderate.” Another Pew Research Center study conducted in 2006, dubbed “The American Journalist” project, found in a survey of 1,080 journalists, 28 percent self-identified as Democratic, 7 percent as Republican and – get this – 50 percent independent.

That’s bunk. Journalists are checking off the independent category so they can pretend unbiased.

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