{"id":1517,"date":"2015-03-11T13:43:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T19:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2015-03-11T20:10:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T02:10:37","slug":"emailgate-the-latest-media-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2015\/03\/emailgate-the-latest-media-spin.html","title":{"rendered":"Emailgate: the latest media spin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

You\u2019ve been following the reporting on Hillary Clinton\u2019s use of a private e-mail address, and only a private e-mail, for her official correspondence as Secretary of State, right? \u00a0The fact that she claims that she handed over paper printouts (the better to impede searching through the e-mails) of all SoS-related e-mail to the government, but will not hand over her \u201cprivate\u201d correspondence, referencing e-mail exchanges with her husband (who is on the record as saying he simply doesn\u2019t use e-mail), and has in fact destroyed all such correspondence, ensuring that no one can assess the truthfulness of her claims? \u00a0Imagine if Nixon had simply destroyed all the tapes. . .<\/p>\n

And you\u2019re wondering, \u201chow will she possible recover from this?\u201d \u2014 but here\u2019s an article from this morning\u2019s paper<\/a> that tells exactly how. \u00a0(Yes, it\u2019s the L.A. Times, and my morning paper is the Chicago Tribune, but they have the same owner and share a lot of national reporting, but the Trib tends to have these articles behind a paywall or not online at all.)<\/p>\n

In the first place, says the Times, she didn\u2019t violate hard-and-fast rules implemented for reasons of legal compliance and national security. \u00a0Instead,<\/p>\n

In her [press-conference] comments, Clinton said she now regretted relying on a private email account while in office, rather than a government account, as recommended in Obama administration policy guidance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Get that? \u00a0It was just \u201cguidance,\u201d like \u201cshut down your computer before you leave\u201d or \u201ckeep your desk clean.\u201d<\/p>\n

And:<\/p>\n

She asserted that government rules allowed every federal employee to judge which emails are personal and can therefore be deleted \u2014 a claim that some Republicans challenged.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Never mind that these government rules are with respect to employees using work e-mail for personal purposes, not the reverse \u2014 and, both here, and at every point at which criticism is raised of her practice, the Times always presents this as an attack by Republicans.<\/p>\n

So:<\/p>\n

(1) She failed to follow some internal recommendations, and<\/p>\n

(2) it\u2019s all a bunch of attacks by the Republicans.<\/p>\n

and that, according to the media, is how we are supposed to understand the situation.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve been following the reporting on Hillary Clinton\u2019s use of a private e-mail address, and only a private e-mail, for her official correspondence as Secretary of State, right? \u00a0The fact that she claims that she handed over paper printouts (the better to impede searching through the e-mails) of all SoS-related e-mail to the government, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-1517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-hillary-clinton"],"yoast_head":"\nEmailgate: the latest media spin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You've been following the reporting on Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail address, and only a private e-mail, for her official correspondence as\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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