A scandal like no other and they can’t be bothered? No bias there…

Quote:Politico published a jaw-dropping, meticulously sourced investigative piece this week detailing how the Obama administration had secretly undermined US law enforcement agency efforts to shut down an international drug-trafficking ring run by the terror group Hezbollah. The effort was part of a wider push by the administration to placate Iran and ensure the signing of the nuclear deal.

Now swap out “Trump” for “Obama” and “Russia” for “Iran” and imagine the eruption these revelations would generate. Because, by any conceivable journalistic standard, this scandal should’ve triggered widespread coverage and been plastered on front pages across the country. By any historic standard, the scandal should elicit outrage regarding the corrosion of governing norms from pundits and editorial boards.
Yet, as it turns out, there’s an exceptionally good chance most of your neighbors and colleagues haven’t heard anything about it.

Days after the news broke, in fact, neither NBC News, ABC News nor CBS News — whose shows can boast a collective 20 million viewers — had been able to find the time to relay the story to its sizeable audiences. Other than Fox News, cable news largely ignored the revelations as well.

Most major newspapers, which have been sanctimoniously patting themselves on the back for the past year, couldn’t shoehorn into their pages a story about potential collusion between the former president and a terror-supporting state.

Perhaps if President Trump had tweeted about the story, outlets would’ve squeezed something in.

Even when outlets did decide to cover the story, they typically framed it as a he-said/she-said. “Politico Reporter Says Obama Administration ‘Derailed’ Hezbollah Investigation,” reads the NPR headline. Did Josh Meyer of Politico say something about Obama or did he publish a 14,000-word, diligently sourced, document-heavy investigative piece? If you get your news from NPR, you’d never know.

Fact is, the Drug Enforcement Agency began its classified investigation (called Project Cassandra) into Hezbollah in 2008. It found that the Iranian proxy had laundered nearly a half a billion dollars and was moving cocaine to the United States. According to Politico, the Obama administration not only threw obstructions in front of investigators but failed to prosecute major players in the enterprise.

https://nypost.com/2017/12/21/a-deafenin...h-scandal/

No kidding. I posted the Politco story in a closed focus group that I participate in seeking discussion but I've yet to get a single response to posting. The media and left in general is scared to touch this with a 10 ft pole.

MSM sucks. Their entire news departments are loaded with libs, dems, sjw.

Is anyone reaaaaally surprised by this though?

You could literally take video of Obama and Putin exchanging brief cases labeled with classification markings in the middle of downtown D.C. at noon, and not one mainstream network would be interested in covering it.

Instead, they'll continue to pander the idea to the American public that the Russians somehow elected President Trump for us.

The next MSM "Breaking News" will be something to do with Russia and Trump. It's standard operating procedure. As always though, it will also come to nothing.

It really is amazing this story has not been publicized more.

(12-23-2017 12:19 AM)DFWMINER Wrote:  It really is amazing this story has not been publicized more.

The only reason to find this amazing is if you believe the lie that the media are not biased.

(12-22-2017 04:23 PM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote:  Is anyone reaaaaally surprised by this though?

You could literally take video of Obama and Putin exchanging brief cases labeled with classification markings in the middle of downtown D.C. at noon, and not one mainstream network would be interested in covering it.

Instead, they'll continue to pander the idea to the American public that the Russians somehow elected President Trump for us.

Yup, the MSM has all but given up even trying to convince the country that they're fair and balanced. They're nothing but whores for the left and damned proud of it.

(12-22-2017 04:09 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  MSM sucks. Their entire news departments are loaded with libs, dems, sjw.

no doubt......however, if you look below my nom de plume, I penned that when DJT announced.....

IMO, it's an advantage never seen in in a country that has a free 'roaming' biased press......I knew it when he announced.....so did DJT.....

his attack on the press and their reaction has been a sight to behold......

the only battle now is to get more numbers off governmental support to begin narrowing the current version of wanting to vote for a democrat....they won't be able to gerrymander that one....

it's always been about the numbers.....

The media ignoring an Obama scandal?

Fake news.

What is amazing is how long Obama and Clinton have remanined in the news. Like they were there to distract from the current President’s failures.

(12-23-2017 11:16 AM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  What is amazing is how long Obama and Clinton have remanined in the news. Like they were there to distract from the current President’s failures.

is by design.....you simply don't understand why.....that's the beauty of it......

Haven't We learned from the past 8 years, anything negative about the Obamas makes You Racist

(12-23-2017 11:16 AM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote:  What is amazing is how long Obama and Clinton have remanined in the news. Like they were there to distract from the current President’s failures.

Nah, it's more like why I curse the previous owner of my house every few months. Like when I removed wallpaper and found a 6" x 8" hole covered only in scotch tape underneath. Or when I discovered the mailbox post had rotted away some time ago and he had just screwed a 2x4 on the end and cemented it in the ground. Or when I discovered when he put decorative columns on the front porch he built them out of untreated wood.

Every time the new administration peels back wallpaper or does some other renovation they find a half-assed job done by the previous tenant and it becomes news.

It is more of Trump's racist buddies spreading fake news to distract the people of this country of the crimes that Trump have done. Trump is a criminal before he ever run for President.

Take your meds this morning?

(12-23-2017 01:47 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  It is more of Trump's racist buddies spreading fake news to distract the people of this country of the crimes that Trump have done. Trump is a criminal before he ever run for President.

So David, when you celebrate New Years in Arkansas, do you and your cousin get a room at the Motel 6.

(12-23-2017 02:01 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 01:47 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  It is more of Trump's racist buddies spreading fake news to distract the people of this country of the crimes that Trump have done. Trump is a criminal before he ever run for President.

So David, when you celebrate New Years in Arkansas, do you and your cousin get a room at the Motel 6.

Not even his cousin would get caught dead being seen with him. Maybe one of the "Dumb and Dumber" guys would feel comfortable.

(12-23-2017 02:01 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(12-23-2017 01:47 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  It is more of Trump's racist buddies spreading fake news to distract the people of this country of the crimes that Trump have done. Trump is a criminal before he ever run for President.

So David, when you celebrate New Years in Arkansas, do you and your cousin get a room at the Motel 6.

I understand if you bring duct tape and a gag ball, you get a 20% discount with proof of ID.....