Analysis: When Clinton Insinuates Gold Star Mom Is Lying, Media Gives A PassAmber Randall
08/06/2016
http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/06/analysis-when-clinton-insinuates-gold-star-mom-is-lying-media-gives-a-pass/When a Benghazi mother came out to say that she still held Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton responsible for the death of her son, the media came out to call her testimony into question.
Pat Smith, the mother of Stephen Smith, told the audience at the Republican National Convention that she blamed Clinton for her son’s death in Benghazi. She said that Clinton had lied to her about the circumstances of her son’s death. Specifically, Smith was referring to a meeting she had with Clinton in which she alleged Clinton told her that the “producers of a video” degrading Muslims would “be arrested.”
There’s no way to prove, since no transcripts exist, if the conversation between Clinton and Smith occurred the way Smith recounts. Regardless, there’s strong evidence implicating Clinton’s department had loose security requirements in Libya and ignored repeated requests for more security.
Following Smith’s speech, Clinton went on Fox News Sunday and insinuated that Smith was lying, and various media outlets were quick to back her up with evidence that amounts to circumstantial.
“I don’t hold any ill feeling for someone who in that moment may not fully recall everything that was or wasn’t said,” Clinton said. Afterwards, the media came out to call into question Smith’s accusations.
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