That Danged Liberal Media: Network Sunday Shows Largely Ignore Benghazi Report

[spanone]

Only NBC's Meet The Press Mentioned The New Intelligence Committee Report. Of the major network Sunday talk shows, only NBC's Meet the Press acknowledged the House Intelligence Committee's findings in a brief exchange between host Chuck Todd and Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ). Todd reported that the report was "exculpatory," and found no evidence of wrongdoing or evidence to support conspiracy theories about the attacks:

TODD: Senator Flake, House Republican-led Intelligence Committee released a Benghazi report and basically, it's pretty exculpatory. The key findings: no intelligence failure prior to the attacks; security at CIA facilities were sufficient; yes, security at state department facilities were inadequate; and yes, some of the development of the talking points that Susan Rice used were flawed. But no wrongdoing, none of the conspiracies found. Is it time for the Republicans to drop the Benghazi conspiracy theories? [NBC, Meet the Press, 11/23/14]

http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/11/23/network-sunday-shows-largely-ignore-house-repor/201679

[yeoman6987]

1. I think Americans moved on from that

Long ago. It was not interesting when Republicans were voting weekly about it. It is no longer interesting now. I hardly believe a single person discusses it at the dinner table anymore if ever quite frankly.

[Wella]

2. All the same, I'm surprised they didn't mention it.

Odd.

[yeoman6987]

3. I guess. I am sure just us even noticed at all

[Wella]

4. The media knows

I don't know why they're not talking about it.

[spanone]

5. had the conclusions been different, i suspect the media would have had great interest....

especially fox, who promoted benghazi out the wazoo

[NewJeffCT]

8. It's not about most of America

it's about keeping the low information Republican base fired up & angry and ready to turn out in 2016. I don't expect we'll get any stoppage to the investigations any time soon.

[LiberalLovinLug]

10. Yup

The guilty verdict on Obama and Rice has already been handed down, digested, and added to the mirage of a mountain that is really a mole hill for Republican voters. With a lot of help from the MSM that hosted hours upon hours of Republican guests screaming about Obama's incompetence with Benghazi, they can't even reserve a few minutes to report on the final findings. This info with silly little things like "facts" is waaaaaaaay too late to change those kinds of programed minds now. Its all going as planned.

[Prophet 451]

7. Corporate media at it's finest

[TomCADem]

9. Media Not Only Fails to Acknowledge Mistakes...

...but it blames Democrats for failing to counter the lies it helps spread.