NPR's E.J.Dionne: Hillary's E-mails Are Not a 'Substantive Issue'
By Tim Graham | September 10, 2016 | 11:31 PM EDT
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The Friday night “week in politics” segments on NPR and PBS both investigated whether Matt Lauer was biased against Hillary Clinton in NBC’s commander-in-chief forum on Wednesday night. On NPR's All Things Considered, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne picked the Clinton-toady spin that Lauer spent too much time on the e-mail scandal instead of “substantive issues.”
DIONNE: I think one of Matt Lauer's problems is he -- so much attention was given to the email controversy that there wasn't as much time left for all the substantive issues there. He came under attack for that. He interrupted Clinton a lot and pushed her in a way he didn't push Trump.
That’s flatly wrong. Lauer interrupted Trump more than he interrupted Mrs. Clinton. And how is it that Mrs. Clinton recklessly sending around classified documents isn’t a “substantive issue,” and certainly a national-security issue? It’s easy to guess that if the Republican candidate had sent classified information in e-mails, Dionne would insist that candidate should be prosecuted.
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