The major TV networks, and most major print news venues could learn a lot from the Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News editorial writers.
Here, in its entirety, is their editorial about Hillary Clinton\’s incredibly ludicrous claim of being “dead broke” when she and hubby bubba left the White House:
Justfor curiosity\’s sake, we\’re wondering what the reaction would beif Sarah Palin claimed to be “dead broke.”
Talkabout fodder for the late-night talk shows and sketches for “SaturdayNight Live” – if Palin, the former GOP vice presidential nomineeand governor of Alaska, ever uttered such nonsense, the politicalfallout would be severe.
Timewill tell if Hillary Clinton, former first lady, senator andSecretary of State, pays a price for claiming to be “dead broke”when she and her husband, President Bill Clinton, left the WhiteHouse in December 2000.
Ina recent television interview hyping her new book, Hillary Clintonmade the claim she and the president were in dire financial straits,at least at that time.
Accordingto Clinton, it got so bad that she and Bill had to “piece together”the money for “mortgages for houses,” in addition to paying fortheir daughter\’s education.
Unlessyour child is one of those exploited college athletes with a free orreduced-cost education, most Americans understand the struggle ofpaying for a child\’s education.
Isit really necessary to point out the idiocy of Clinton\’s use of theplural form of the word “mortgage?”
Accordingto www.politifact.com, theClintons purchased a five-bedroom home in 1999 for $1.7 million. In2000, they purchased a seven-bedroom home for $2.85 million, putting$855,000 down. (The website also rates Clinton\’s claim of being”dead broke” as “mostly false.”)
Thepoint is this, though.
Palintook serious political heat for a statement from a televisioninterview that she never actually said – that she could see Russiafrom her house.
Clinton,who is all but certain to run for the Democratic nomination forpresident in 2016, has fired off more than one verbal firework inrecent memory, but will likely survive.
Whatdifference, at this point, does it make?
Alot, politically.
It\’s called honesty, integrity, consistency and common sense, guys. I bet that, once upon a time, some of you had a lot more of those attributes than you do now.
Let me know when you find them again….and, therefore, again can call yourselves journalists.
