Robert Bennett: Media are failing in Rice coverage

By Robert Bennett, For the Deseret News

Published: Monday, Dec. 3 2012 12:00 a.m. MST

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Some portions of the American media establishment remain obsessed with issues of race and gender, seeing and condeming bias where none exists. Current proof of this can be found in the discussion of the possible appointment of Susan Rice as Secretary of State.

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Truthseeker

SLO, CA

Bob,

Susan Rice's comments have gotten as much or more coverage than warranted. An investigation is underway and when completed, it will be worthy of media coverage. In the meantime, McCain's personal vendetta/payback (for More..

9:16 a.m. Dec. 3, 2012
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liberal larry

salt lake City, utah

Susan Rice was repeating the information she was getting from the intelligence sources, she was merely a spokesman for the administration.

Mr. Bennett failed to mention that Republicans are pushing Obama to nominate John Kerry from More..

6:56 a.m. Dec. 3, 2012
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Kalindra

Salt Lake City, Utah

If McCain was/is so concerned with Rice and what she knew versus what she said, why did he skip the hearing on that to attend a Fox News conference?

His failure to take the opportunity to get the information he "demands" shows he More..

9:44 a.m. Dec. 3, 2012
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Robert Bennett

Robert Bennett, former U.S. Senator from Utah, is a teacher, researcher and lecturer at the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics and a Fellow at George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs.

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