RNC accuses NBC and CNN of boosting Hillary, threatens to nix debates

"Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Monday called on CNN and NBC to rethink their decisions to shoot films about Hillary Clinton, calling each a “thinly veiled attempt at putting a thumb on the scales of the 2016 presidential election.”"

Talk about chutzpah-here Republicans and the Republican Party have Faux News, its own cheer leading news channel, to reiterate Republican Party talking points to ad nausem, and Priebus does not like the idea of CNN or NBC doing a feature about Hillary.

I can't imagine a network or cable channel would back down; if Priebus does not see the hypocrisy in his rant, at a minimum he should it least have thought how it would look at using politics to muzzle news and entertaining channel. There's going to be blowback; I can only wonder what political gain there is for Priebus and the RP. Maybe it's only an attempt to cast aspersions on the features before they get out of the gate?

Granted, CNN has been taking a more pointed left tilt to regain its news ratings, but Hillary is a popular--almost iconic--figure right now. For CNN, and especially NBC, it seems like a reasonable route if you're trying to get people to tune in.

Full article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics … x-debates/