◼ NBC's 'Today' Gives 28 Seconds to Benghazi Emails, Touts White House 'Dismissing Claims' of Cover-Up - MRC
During a 28-second news brief on Thursday's NBC Today, anchor Natalie Morales seized on Obama administration spin downplaying newly-released emails suggesting a cover-up of Benghazi: "The White House is dismissing claims by Senator Lindsey Graham that a previously undisclosed talking points email is a smoking gun about the 2012 attack in Benghazi that killed four Americans....The White House says the email was explicitly not about Benghazi, but was about the overall situation in the region."◼ Former WH Spox to Baier on Benghazi: ‘Dude, This Was Like Two Years Ago’ - Josh Feldman/Mediaite
◼ Bombshell: NSA Spokesman Says Obama Never Entered The Situation Room During Benghazi Attack - IJ Review VIDEO at the link
◼ CBS Evening News Ignores White House Benghazi Emails Sent By CBS President’s Brother - Vince Coglianese/Daily Caller
The CBS Evening News on Wednesday ignored one of the day’s top news stories: the revelation that White House aide Ben Rhodes — brother of CBS president David Rhodes — instructed Susan Rice to emphasize a false talking point about the 2012 terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya.◼ NBC, CBS Ignore Congressional Hearing on Benghazi; ABC Gives It Only 46 Seconds - Matt Hadro/MRC
In a White House email chain recently obtained through a lawsuit by Judicial Watch, Ben Rhodes urged Rice “[t]o underscore that these protests are rooted in an Internet video, and not a broader failure or policy” ahead of her infamous appearance on several Sunday shows.
The decision by CBS to ignore the story made the network unique among the nightly news broadcasts.
On Thursday evening, ABC was the only broadcast network to cover the day's congressional hearing on the Benghazi attacks. Both CBS and NBC ignored the hearing. ABC only covered the story for 46 seconds; they gave twice that amount of coverage to the U.S. Olympic speedskating suits.◼ Greg Gutfeld Shreds Media Over Benghazi Asking “Who Pushed the Video?” - IJ Review
World News quoted retired Air Force Brigadier General Robert Lovell, at the U.S. Africa Command headquarters during the attacks, telling Congress that the military "should have done more" to respond. ABC also included the White House's response that according to top military brass, no units were close enough to respond. What ABC didn't include was Lovell's implied answer to that excuse: "The point is we should have tried."
◼ Even CNN is openly mocking White House claims that the emails 'were not about Benghazi' - CainTV
◼ CNN's Tapper on WH Benghazi Responses: "Dissembling, Obfuscating, Insulting" - Guy Benson/Townhall
CNN anchor Jake Tapper -- who interviewed Amb. Susan Rice on September 16, 2012 on ABC's This Week -- appeared on Hugh Hewitt's nationally-syndicated radio show last night to discuss the administration's response to newly-disclosed Benghazi emails. Asked about White House spokesman Jay Carney's dishonest and smug performance over the last few days, Tapper offers a cold assessment:
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Darrell Issa demands John Kerry appear before committee over Benghazi... Developing...
'Disturbing disregard for legal obligations'...
'Not a game'...
FLASH: Boehner to Form Select Committee... Developing...
House GOP: Withholding email 'criminal'...
KRAUTHAMMER: Like discovery of Nixon Tapes during Watergate...
Obama Official: 'Dude, This Was Like Two Years Ago'...
PELOSI: 'Why Aren't We Talking About Something Else?'
