Rep. Elijah Cummings is the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee.
Mr. Cummings is also an avid voice against Chairman Darrell Issa pursuing the IRS scandal – especially as it relates to questioning lois lerner, who headed the IRS\’s tax exempt division while it put an indeterminate number of groups seeking tax exempt status in limbo for years – groups predominantly with names suggesting they held positions opposed to those of President Obama.
And, just this week, Mr. Cummings\’ staff, presumably at his direction, have been found to have communicated with the IRS – and gotten expedited treatment by lois lerner regarding one of the groups in question: “True The Vote”, whose mission is to prevent voter fraud.
Today, Rep. Cummings was a guest on Face the Nation, with Bob Schieffer, which airs on CBS. And, of course, Mr. Schieffer was all over Mr. Cummings on those communications, right?
Wrong. He never asked about them. Not even one question. Zero. Zip. Nada.
News breaks, THIS WEEK, that staff members of the ranking Democfat on a committee investigating the IRS were directly communicating with the IRS about one of the groups involved in said investigation, and Scheiffer doesn\’t bother to ask about it?
At this point, allow me to remind you that CBS is the network which, earlier this year, effectively forced the resignation of its investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson from its ranks, by effectively shutting down Ms. Attkisson\’s work on several Obama scandals.
Well, you can\’t say CBS isn\’t consistent. And, with few exceptions, the same goes for Bob Schieffer.
Media bias? Naaaahhhhh
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FURTHER NOTE: In case you think it\’s just Schieffer and CBS, none of the three networks, on any of the shows this morning, so much as mentioned the IRS scandal. Fox and Fox alone did so (that\’s right: the network we keep being told is not providing news was the only available source of information.)
To repeat, with equal sarcasm: Media bias? Naaaahhhhh
