Cenk Uygur
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Emails Show Politico Positive Coverage of Chelsea Clinton
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November 29, 2015
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3:59Now PlayingMike Allen is perhaps the best connected reporter in Washington, D.C. Newly leaked emails show that he made arrangements with the State Department to ensure a softball interview for Chelsea Clinton. Cenk Uygur, hosts of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Gawker has received another batch of Hillary Clinton aide Philippe Reines’ emails with reporters while working for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Among Reines’ more frequent correspondents, it turns out, is Mike Allen. In an email dated January 10, 2013 and addressed to Reines, then serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Allen floated the idea of interviewing Clinton’s adult daughter, Chelsea, during an upcoming brunch hosted by Politico. Attempting to secure an interview with the daughter of a likely presidential candidate is, of course, far from unheard of. What makes Allen’s ask unusual is that he appears to assure Reines that he’ll produce totally positive coverage of Chelsea Clinton…”*
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