Hillary Clinton, MSM editor: Today's news for November 4th

It seems as if Hillary Clinton is an unofficial editor for the mainstream media (MSM). At least that is the impression from multiple Wikileaks emails:

Wikileaks:

Email titled "Hi again from AP (inquiry about thumb drive)"

First, some context: 

David Kendall, according to Wikipedia, is a lawyer who "currently represents the former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton,...in the matter of her use of a private email server while serving as U.S. Secretary of State." If his name is familiar, he also defended the Clintons in the Whitewater case.

Eric Tucker is a writer for the Associated Press. I would call him a "journalist", but as you will see, he isn't worthy of that title.

And here is the email in question:

> *From:* Tucker, Eric [mailto:etucker@ap.org]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2015 6:00 PM
> *To:* Kendall, David
> *Subject:* Hi again from AP (inquiry about thumb drive)
>
>
>
> Hi David,
>
> We have been told, and we are preparing to report, that the FBI has
> taken possession of the thumb drive that was once in your possession. This
> is what we have been informed, and we wanted to see whether there was any
> sort of comment that could be provided. If you wanted to steer us away and
> say that we are misinformed, then I would gladly accept that as well. But
> we have solid reason to believe this. We’d welcome any comment you can
> offer. Thanks very much.

Exactly when does a "journalist" offer a news source the opportunity to "steer us away" from a news story?

A more apt title for Mr. Tucker would be "Media whore".

Speaking of Media whores...

The Daily Caller:

Politico Reporter Gets Caught AGAIN Sending A Story To A Clinton Staffer For Approval

For the second time in less than a month Politico chief political correspondent Glenn Thrush has been caught sending stories to Hillary Clinton staffers for approval. 

Thrush sent an email to Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri on April 17, 2015 with the subject line: “pls read asap — the [Jennifer Palmieri] bits — don’t share.” This was revealed in Thursday’s WikiLeaks release of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s emails. It is included in Podesta’s emails as Palmieri shared the email with several other Clinton staffers, including campaign manager Robby Mook and Podesta. 

The eight paragraphs that Thrush sent Palmieri were filled with glowing sentences about her. She wrote in the forwarded email to Clinton staffers, “He did me courtesy of sending what he is going to say about me. Seems fine.”

What self-respecting journalist sends their news story to a political campaign to be reviewed? Certainly, Mr. Thrush doesn't qualify as either self-respecting or a journalist.

Mind you, I don't blame Hillary Clinton for this situation. What politician would turn down this kind of free service from the MSM? No, the blame here falls squarely on the MSM's shoulders. True journalism is a responsibility, and these men fail in it. If I was Tucker or Thrush's editor, I would fire them for their behavior in these two incidents. This is credibility you can't get back.

Finally, a story of brutal seriousness but with a positive ending...

CNN:

ISIS captive gives birth to child of rape

Umm Al'aa will never tell her son who his father is.

He's an ISIS fighter who raped her while she was a prisoner of the terror group.

Now 40 years old, she was a mother and a grandmother before being kidnapped and held captive for a year and a half. She has a child who's younger than her grandchild.

But he's just as much a part of their family despite his grim beginning, she says.

Umm Al'aa is a pseudonym. To protect her, the woman is not being identified. Her neighbors in Mosul were ISIS supporters but she and her family refused to pledge allegiance to them.

In spite of the horror of this story, there is something inspirational here;

By the time she was released [by ISIS] she was pregnant with a son. 

She named Mohammed after her husband, who was killed on Tuesday amid battles on Mosul's eastern outskirts where Iraqi and coalition forces are battling ISIS fighters. 

"My best memory of him was how much he loved and respected me," she said. "Yes we are poor people, but we were happy." 

The boy may be a product of rape but he's still her son. Their son. 

"I am not going to tell him who his father is. That his dad is ISIS. He's my son, he's not ISIS' son." 

So often, we hear about rape as a valid excuse for abortion. But this woman has shown that the power can be taken away from the rapists, and given instead to her son in love. He may be the product of rape, but that doesn't have to define his life, and his mother's attitude towards him proves this. This woman is a shining example of the power of the mind over the body, as well as the power of love over hate.