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Where is the Mainstream Media’s Coverage of Libya Attack?

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    Media Research Center Director of Media Analysis Tim Graham on arguments mainstream media is not addressing the Administration’s handling of the att...

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Look at the president's.

World changing positions on the September 11 attacks and the liberal media's inability to.

In some cases even report.

Left alone report well on the event.

-- or for that matter the refusal of the administration to offer any reason for the attacks are in the any statement to the American people about.

Why the choices they've made are appropriate.

For this nation's interest were joined by Tim Graham.

The meteor research center's director of media analysis -- at this point.

Why is it that there is is a seeming reluctance.

On major national.

Media outlets where the newspaper networks to say point blank this administration.

Has lied to the American people.

Because their statements are simply in contravention of one another.

That's absolutely right and even if you want to say is Candy Crowley tried to do well on.

The day after in the Rose Garden you said that view room -- a vague reference to acts of terror.

We can still go back to Obama giving an -- to -- a busy on on the 20 September.

Where he was still talking about the natural protests outside the consulate -- Osce which was just utterly fictional.

So I mean it is sad that the news media which really should be the people that keep the timeline.

The try to make take make some sense of these wildly conflicting statements and hold this government accountable.

Has really instead been sort of blazing around and not doing much on this we've had 22 stories in the last couple of days about binders full of women.

And network skipping out uncovering Libya that's just ridiculous.

And it's it's fascinating to me.

That major news organizations.

With serious.

Journalists.

Obviously working for them -- are from working very well.

Our way in the aircraft.

There there must be an immense frustration even among the ideologically.

Pure of the -- who worked on those organizations that they cannot report on the story this big.

This important in fact this historic.

Absolutely and there are some that are covering and it's not like nobody's covering it.

And we've been noticing for example -- Jane Crawford of CBS is covering it CNN -- pretty consistently covered it Fox News has consistently covered it.

But we're talking about those Big Three networks with the biggest audiences in the evening in the morning.

You're just not getting that you're getting an earful binders.

It is and it is strange and this this president.

Unlike any other has received.

-- immunity.

-- from the national liberal -- they the national rural media I mean -- you're kind to.

Hold up those exceptions to the rule but the rule prevails from that is -- the national liberal media there is is and frankly giving this president.

An easy pass to -- immunity from critical judgment.

From examination by a critical.

The national press.

Which I think certainly puts the entire republic.

And risk.

And we -- certain.

Please see this as long as ready for gonna call somebody -- for being terrible on this.

For the New York Times to take the major house hearing on this we're we're gonna do some fact finding and say you know want.

We're gonna put Lance Armstrong's troubles on page one in this hearing on page three.

And then try to say to people -- work asked about it by the readers advocate for there were six better stories to put on the front page -- that's absurd and irresponsible.

For the Washington Post yesterday to have a story all about -- Romney's missteps have enabled.

Obama to escape any judgment on this.

That's wishful thinking on the part of the Washington Post it's not called reporting Citibank running a crystal ball yet if -- being time and if he turns an area that out of paper into eight campaign.

Document not a not a newspaper.

-- -- we thank you very much for being with us.