Clinton Accuser Rips CNN as Network Trumpets Another New Poll
As CNN on Monday breathlessly announced yet another poll from media sources bearing good news for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, there was one very loud, dissenting voice.
Kathleen Willey, who accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct while she was a White House aide, started an avalanche of attacks against CNN by delivering a succinct denunciation of the network.
The flareup started innocuously, with CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeting out a preview of coming attractions.
CNN/ORC will have new polling on the presidential race, today at 4pm ET on #TheLead
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 24, 2016
A little while later, Willey pounced.
More Jake Tapper, Hillary-fed, CNN BS. Can't wait…. https://t.co/IrU9p1FPrG
— KATHLEEN WILLEY (@kathleenwilley) October 24, 2016
Tapper’s reaction seemed puzzled.
@kathleenwilley pardon me?
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 24, 2016
Willey had one more shot.
"journalist?" How much is she paying you? BYW when are u airing Charles Ortel' interview? Afraid of the truth? I was there.
— KATHLEEN WILLEY (@kathleenwilley) October 24, 2016
Her tweet referred to Charles Ortel, a writer and financial expert who has been critical of the Clinton Foundation.
Willey, who first told her story of being sexually assaulted in 1998 as part of the investigation into Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky, has returned to the national stage this year in support of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
She found support for her position on Twitter.
@kathleenwilley A poll of 2,000 Democrats and 5 Republicans finds that Hillary will win with 99% of the vote….
— AW777 (@TAW111) October 24, 2016
Trump has also questioned the accuracy of polls, roundly attacking them as an example of media bias.
“What they do is they show these phony polls where they look at Democrats, and it’s heavily weighted with Democrats. And then they’ll put on a poll where we’re not winning, and everybody says, ‘Oh, they’re not winning,’” Trump said Monday in Boynton Beach, Fla. “The truth is, I think we’re winning.”
Trump has indicated he sees media bias and dubious polling as an extension of a larger issue in the campaign.
“There is nothing the political establishment will not do, and no lie they will not tell, to hold on to their prestige and power at your expense. The Washington establishment, and the financial and media corporations that fund it, exists for only one reason: to protect and enrich itself,” he said earlier this month.
“The most powerful weapon deployed by the Clintons is the corporate media,” Trump added. “Let’s be clear on one thing: The corporate media in our country is no longer involved in journalism. They are a political special interest, no different than any lobbyist or other financial entity with an agenda. And their agenda is to elect the Clintons at any cost, at any price, no matter how many lives they destroy. For them, it is a war — and for them, nothing is out of bounds.” (For more from the author of “Clinton Accuser Rips CNN as Network Trumpets Another New Poll” please click HERE)
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