« on: August 04, 2016, 08:28:27 AM »
A column by Monica Crowley.
The media’s lies and double standards accelerate at blinding speed
The duplicity of the press reaches dangerous new lows
By Monica Crowley - The Washington Times - Wednesday, August 3, 2016
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
According to the media, not all grieving parents of fallen servicemen are created equal. Whether those parents are protected, defended and respected or ignored, dismissed and smeared depends on their political affiliation — and how useful they are to the “right†side.
Witness the tale of three parents that emerged during the course of the Republican and Democratic conventions. On the first evening of the Republican convention, Patricia Smith spoke lovingly about her son Sean, who was one of four Americans killed in the Islamic terror attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012. She reminded the world of the kind of man Sean was — a decent, hardworking patriot who chose to serve his country in one of the most dangerous places on earth.
She then directed her wrath at Hillary Clinton, who, as secretary of state, was directly responsible for the security in Benghazi before and during the attack — and for what happened in its aftermath. Mrs. Smith again accused Mrs. Clinton of lying to her face as her son lay just feet away in a flag-draped casket: “In an email to her daughter shortly after the attack, Hillary Clinton blamed it on terrorism,†she said. “But when I saw Hillary Clinton at Sean’s coffin ceremony, just days later, she looked me squarely in the eye and told me a video was responsible. Since then, I have repeatedly asked Hillary Clinton to explain to me the real reason why my son is dead. I’m still waiting.â€
Asked recently about Mrs. Smith’s charge, Mrs. Clinton insinuated that the “grieving†mother’s memory must have been faulty, as if her lies were Mrs. Smith’s fault.
Mrs. Smith delivered her remarks in prime time, but you’d never know it given the scant media attention paid to it. Some networks carried her speech live, others truncated it or carried other commentary, but there was little discussion about what she had said and what it meant for Mrs. Clinton’s candidacy.
The rest of the column is here:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/3/medias-lives-double-standards-accelerate/
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