John Podesta: Big Media Gave Trump a "Pass"

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Who’s in the bubble again?

Hillary Clinton’s inner circle gathered for an autopsy of her failed presidential campaign and concluded that media bias in favor of Donald Trump contributed to his historic win.

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“The media always covered [Mrs. Clinton] as the person who would be president and therefore tried to eviscerate her before the election, but covered Trump who was someone who was entertaining and sort of gave him a pass,” Mr. Podesta said. “We need to reflect and analyze that and put our voices forward.”

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Free media for Trump absolutely contributed to his victory. But . . . they gave him a “pass”?

A “pass“???

I have considered Mr. Podesta’s claim with all due seriousness and have prepared a rebuttal. Without further ado, here is my official response to John Podesta’s claim that Big Media gave Trump a “pass”:

UPDATE: Ack! Put Hillary in the title when I meant Trump! I have fixed it.

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