Wall Street and Mainstream Media Stench Engulfs Hillary

The stench surrounding Hillary is so bad not even mainstream media can completely cover it up.

Moreover, leaked emails prove reporters and Wall Street executives are part of that stench.

Here is a synopsis, some even from mainstream media.

On October 9, Glenn Greenwald and the Intercept reported New Email Leak Reveals Clinton Campaign’s Cozy Press Relationship.

Internal strategy documents and emails among Clinton staffers shed light on friendly and highly useful relationships between the campaign and various members of the U.S. media, as well as the campaign’s strategies for manipulating those relationships.

At times, Clinton’s campaign staff not only internally drafted the stories they wanted published but even specified what should be quoted “on background” and what should be described as “on the record.”

One January 2015 strategy document — designed to plant stories on Clinton’s decision-making process about whether to run for president — singled out reporter Maggie Haberman, then of Politico, now covering the election for the New York Times, as a “friendly journalist” who has “teed up” stories for them in the past and “never disappointed” them.

Given more than 24 hours to challenge the authenticity of these documents and respond, Merrill [campaign press secretary] did not reply to our emails. Haberman declined to comment.

All presidential campaigns have their favorite reporters, try to plant stories they want published, and attempt in multiple ways to curry favor with journalists. These tactics are certainly not unique to the Clinton campaign (liberals were furious in 2008 when journalists went to John McCain’s Arizona ranch for an off-the-record BBQ). But these rituals and dynamics between political campaigns and the journalists who cover them are typically carried out in the dark, despite how significant they can be. These documents provide a valuable glimpse into that process.

Greenwald provides a list of 38 questionable reporters at ABC, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, Huffington Post, MSNBC, New Yorker, New York Times, People, Politico, Vice, and Vox.

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That tweet links to Wikileaks Memo Detailing ‘Bill Clinton, Inc.’ Likely to Haunt Clinton.

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