This morning, The Today Show\’s Natalie Morales started a segment on the so-called “bridgegate” scandal with this:
“Ahuge day in the ongoing bridgegate scandal in New Jersey. GovernorChristie\’s former aide, who ordered those now-famous bridge closureswill appear in court today.”
The segment continued with Kelly O\’Donnell reporting that the aide, Bridget Anne Kelly, was going to be in court today to assert her right to plead the fifth amendment.
My point in telling you this?
Last week, lois “the liar” lerner appeared before the House Oversight Committee hearings on the IRS scandal, and pled the fifth amendment – under circumstances in which, it is very probable, she had no legal right to do so, and will be cited for contempt.
No “huge day” for that. Today didn\’t even report it.
On the Today Show, therefore, it is “a huge day” when Bridget Anne Murphy argues she has fifth amendment rights regarding the closure of a couple of lanes on the George Washington Bridge.
But when the former head of the IRS\’s Tax Exempt Division invokes fifth amendment rights – probably illegally – regarding accusations that she and others used the IRS to suppress the free speech of groups critical of the current administration?
Those, folks, are the Today Show\’s priorities. How do you like them?
