Lyle Hensley: Media insults the intelligence of Americans, candidates
The nation watched for 11 hours the grilling of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by the House Committee on Benghazi. The hearings were led by Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, a former prosecutor. The mainstream media has fawned all over Clinton for her endurance, actually defendng her! Yes! The media, responsible to provide truth and facts under their First Amendment charter, actually supported a congenital liar, as described by the late New York Times columnist William Safire.
On the CNBC debate, Sen. Marco Rubio called out the moderators, saying they were the “real Super Pac” for the Democrat Party. The audience cheered and the pathetic moderators were caught in front of America trying to maintain the farce of being unbiased. Rather, they attempted to denigrate and insult the intelligence of the candidates and American viewers.
They assume we are all ignorant of the issues and the Constitution.
An fantasy of many a baby-boomer was The Daily Planet with Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Mr. White; they always sought “truth, justice and the American Way!” Has all that been erased from the code of journalism? Time to return to the days of Superman, not Super-Pac men!
Lyle Hensley, Ripon
This story was originally published November 3, 2015 at 2:10 PM with the headline "Lyle Hensley: Media insults the intelligence of Americans, candidates."