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"The Department of Homeland Security says it is likely Russian hackers
targeted Hillary Clinton's campaign manager John Podesta. Mr. Podesta
is an almost fanatical party enforcer for the Democrats and has long
been a confidant of Secretary Clinton. Talking Points believes that if
Russian hackers working for Putin did indeed intrude on the American
election, President Obama must take action. Now for the fallout. By
hacking into Podesta's email, we now know beyond any doubt that the
American press is corrupt, at least to some extent. For example, New
York Times political reporter Mark Leibovich appears to have given
Hillary Clinton's spokesperson Jennifer Palmieri editorial control over
a major story in The Times. He asked Ms. Palmieri if he could use
certain quotes that Hillary Clinton gave him in a private off-the-
record meeting. That is against journalistic procedure - you don't
write a political article okayed by a campaign. Another example:
Working for CNN at the time, now Democratic Chair Donna Brazile
apparently fed the Clinton campaign a question CNN was going to ask
during a town hall meeting. Again, that is corruption that should never
happen. Example three is John Harwood. He's a Washington correspondent
for CNBC and a moderator in one Republican primary debate. According to
the hacked mails, he was emailing Podesta, suggesting how Hillary
Clinton could become more successful. That is outrageous. Also, a
report out of TMZ says that NBC had that Access Hollywood tape for
months and purposely released it to damage Trump before the debate.
Talking Points has long asserted that the American press is essentially
an arm of the left. This proves it, and any journalist colluding with a political campaign should resign. Period."

The Factor spoke about the examples of media bias with journalism
professors Richard Hanley and Merrill Brown. "In the case of John
Harwood," Brown said, "you should be very uncomfortable giving advice
to a campaign person. Journalists don't do that, I'm disappointed with
Harwood, and that one really stands out." Hanley denounced the New York
Times reporter who asked approval from the Clinton campaign to run
certain quotes. "What Leibovich did was against journalistic
principles. You should never have a subject of your work decide what
that work will contain, particularly a candidate for president. I don't
know if he should be fired, but they could pull him off that beat." The
Factor concluded, "This is the worst-covered presidential race in
American history, I've never seen such unbalanced coverage."

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