Misleading headline of the day on the Benghazi hearing
Washington Post:
The headline fits with the dismissive nature of the Post's political reporting this cycle. The reporters and the opinion pieces are quick to call Republicans who say something they don't like disqualified for office, and they are quick to dismiss serious problems that infect the Clinton campaign. This story fits the latter category. The reports are like the boxer in the Simon and Garfunkel tune of that name. They "hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest." They are not the only ones in the mainstream media with this problem, but it is one of the reasons they are losing credibility.
Clinton emerges unscathed from high-stakes Benghazi hearingThis maybe one of the most misleading an absurd headlines I have seen in the Post--ever. It is clear that she blatantly lied about the cause of the attacks telling her daughter and foreign leaders one thing while telling the voters and the families of the victims a totally false narrative. She may be a glib liar, but she was definitely "scathed." It is also not credible that she never heard about the 600 requests for additional security in Libya. It looks like on this particular issue she did a better job of hiding the paper trail, but it also looks like she is a terrible leader to not be aware of 600 red flags flying signaling danger to those working for her in Libya.
The headline fits with the dismissive nature of the Post's political reporting this cycle. The reporters and the opinion pieces are quick to call Republicans who say something they don't like disqualified for office, and they are quick to dismiss serious problems that infect the Clinton campaign. This story fits the latter category. The reports are like the boxer in the Simon and Garfunkel tune of that name. They "hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest." They are not the only ones in the mainstream media with this problem, but it is one of the reasons they are losing credibility.
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