© Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesDemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks to the press onboard her plane September 5 above Iowa.
In April 2015, the
Clinton campaign held a
private dinner party with at least 65 journalists and pundits in attendance. Individuals from CNN, CBS,
The New York Times, NBC, MSNBC and more came together under the campaign's stated goal of "framing the race" to help
Clinton win.
Many of the above media outlets were indeed the Clinton campaign's biggest surrogates throughout the 2016 presidential election.This past election cycle was unprecedented in terms of the bias and lack of objectivity exercised by the mainstream media. The emphasis on mainstream media blaming "fake news" for Donald Trump's election is an attempt to distract and divert the feedback loop developed between the Clinton campaign and much of the press. Throughout the 2016 election, the media obsessed over
Trump to elevate his candidacy. He was their preferred opponent for Hillary
Clinton-after they had thoroughly subverted Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign for the Democratic nomination.
Several journalists from
The New York Times, which formally endorsed
Clinton twice, created propaganda for the
Clinton campaign rather than independent journalism. The
Times' Mark Leibovich allowed
Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri to "veto what you didn't want" from his interview with
Clinton. Maggie Haberman was
listed by the
Clinton campaign as a friendly reporter with whom they could plant stories. Haberman also
allowed Clinton campaign staff to proofread her pro-
Clinton stories.
The
Times' Patrick Healy
published a "heroine" piece planted by the
Clinton campaign about New Hampshire
Clinton campaign volunteer Laura Donahoe. Jonathan Martin was
revealed to have been coached through a story on the
Clinton campaign by manager Robby Mook. Jason Horowitz
solicited a quote from Clinton campaign chair John Podesta on a hit piece about the relationship between President
Obama and
Sanders.
Comment: FISA-Gate: The plot to destroy democracy