September 11, 2013 - By L. Brent
Bozell III
When we last checked in on Barack Obama
discussing Benghazi on the network news, he was reassuring Brian Williams on the
Oct. 25 "Rock Center" that "we're going to do a full
investigation." It's a year later, and it's still "we are going
to." Last fall, Williams and Obama posed as curious for answers on how
this disaster happened. Neither of them has demonstrated any noticeable
curiosity since.
A new Media Research Center study of Benghazi coverage in 2013 on ABC, CBS and NBC shows there are two routine modes of operation: (a) praising Team Obama's public relations and (b) silence.
The first option came during Hillary Clinton's ridiculous outburst in her January testimony asking, "What difference does it make?" how four Americans died in a terrorist attack. Diane Sawyer at ABC offered thumbs up for "the fiery appearance for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. ... The indignation and then the tears in her eyes."
But NBC was goopier. Brian Williams proclaimed Clinton "leaves her post as the most admired woman in the world in the Gallup poll, for the 11th year in a row." Then reporter Andrea Mitchell lauded her professionalism: "Parrying hostile questions all day, Clinton was also the political pro. Massaging big egos, sidestepping attacks when she could. When she couldn't, giving as good as she got."- See more at:
A new Media Research Center study of Benghazi coverage in 2013 on ABC, CBS and NBC shows there are two routine modes of operation: (a) praising Team Obama's public relations and (b) silence.
The first option came during Hillary Clinton's ridiculous outburst in her January testimony asking, "What difference does it make?" how four Americans died in a terrorist attack. Diane Sawyer at ABC offered thumbs up for "the fiery appearance for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. ... The indignation and then the tears in her eyes."
But NBC was goopier. Brian Williams proclaimed Clinton "leaves her post as the most admired woman in the world in the Gallup poll, for the 11th year in a row." Then reporter Andrea Mitchell lauded her professionalism: "Parrying hostile questions all day, Clinton was also the political pro. Massaging big egos, sidestepping attacks when she could. When she couldn't, giving as good as she got."- See more at:
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