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Several top journalists and TV news anchors RSVPed yes to attend a private, off-the-record gathering at the New York home of Joel Benenson, the chief campaign strategist for Hillary Clinton, two days before she announced her candidacy in 2015, according to emails Wikileaks has published from John Podestas purported accounts.
EDITORS NOTE: Have you ever wondered why so many of the top news anchors, reporters and journalists are favorable to Crooked Hillary and nearly always hostile to Donald Trump? Well, wonder no more as the latest Wikileaks email dump shows some of the top names in liberal news reporting as very willing participants in the rigged system that desperately needs to elect Crooked Hillary at any cost.
The guest list for an earlier event at the home of John Podesta was www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/10/17/wikileaks-journalists-clinton-staff-homes-before-hillarys-campaign-launch/" target="_blank">limited to reporters who were expected to cover Clinton on the campaign trail.
The wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/12063" target="_blank" rel="noopener">email thread starts with Jesse Ferguson, the campaigns Deputy National Press Secretary and Senior Spokesman, describing the venues and target audience of each gathering:
We wanted to make sure everyone on this email had the latest information on the two upcoming dinners with reporters. Both are off-the-record.
1) Thursday night, April 9th at 7:00p.m. Dinner at the Home of John Podesta
This will be with about 20 reporters who will closely cover the campaign (aka the bus).
2) Friday night, April 10th at 6:30p.m. Cocktails and Hors Doeuvre at the Home of Joel Benenson
This is with a broader universe of New York reporters.
The broader universe of New York reporters includes several top news anchors for network and cable channels, many of whom are listed as a yes for the appearance:
From ABC: Cecilia Vega, David Muir, Diane Sawyer (who could only stay for 30 minutes), and George Stephanopoulos.
From CBS News: Norah ODonnell.
From CNN: Brianna Keilar, Gloria Borger, John Berman, and Kate Bolduan.
From MSNBC: Alex Wagner and Rachel Maddow (TRYING).
From NBC: Savannah Guthrie.
Yes respondent George Stephanopoulos worked for Bill Clintons presidential campaign and was a Senior Adviser to the President during Clintons first White House term. Stephanopoulos does not disclose this fact when reporting on the 2016 Clinton campaign for ABC News.
The nascent Clinton campaign invited Jeff Zucker and Phil Griffin, the presidents of CNN and MSNBC, respectively. Zucker declined while Griffin RSVPed yes. Wikileaks release of emails from the Democratic National Committee showed then-DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/5913" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scheduled or wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/9971" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempted to schedule private meetings with both executives.
Other yes RSVPs come from journalists who have been sighted in the Wikileaks Podesta emails, outing them as friendly or fawning towards Hillarys campaign.
CNBCs John Harwood, who was also a moderator for a 2015 presidential debate, emailed Podesta frequently, practically begging for approval and wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/10597" target="_blank" rel="noopener">access.
Politicos Glenn Thrush also emailed Podesta periodically. On Monday, a newly-released email revealed a wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/12681" target="_blank" rel="noopener">particularly humiliating incident where Thrush sent Podesta a passage from an upcoming article for his personal approval. Because I have become a hack I will send u the whole section that pertains to u, Thrush wrote. Please dont share or tell anyone I did this
Tell me if I fucked up anything.
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, Washington Bureau Chief at PEOPLE magazine, wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/6501" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boasted two days after this confab that stories on Clintons campaign were generating absolutely off the charts traffic and asked for color you can whisper on background about what Hillary was up to.
The full wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/12063" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RSVP list for Benensons gathering is shown in an www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/5953" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attachment on a separate email:
This is an off-the-record cocktails with the key national reporters, especially (though not exclusively) those that are based in New York. Much of the group includes influential reporters, anchors and editors.
The goals of the dinner include:
(1) Give reporters their first thoughts from team HRC in advance of the announcement
(2) Setting expectations for the announcement and launch period
(3) Framing the HRC message and framing the race
(4) Enjoy a Frida night drink before working more
TIME/DATE: As a reminder, this is called for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 10th .
There are several attendees including Diane Sawyer who will be there promptly at 6:30 p.m. but have to leave by 7 p.m.
FOOD: This will include cocktails and passed hours devours.
REPORTER RSVPs
YES
1. ABC Cecilia Vega
2. ABC David Muir
3. ABC Diane Sawyer
4. ABC George Stephanoplous [sic]
5. ABC Jon Karl
6. Bloomberg John Heillman [sic]
7. Bloomberg Mark Halperin
8. CBS Norah ODonnell
9. CBS Vicki Gordon
10. CNN Brianna Keilar
11. CNN David Chalian
12. CNN Gloria Borger
13. CNN Jeff Zeleny
14. CNN John Berman
15. CNN Kate Bouldan [sic]
16. CNN Mark Preston
17. CNN Sam Feist
18. Daily Beast Jackie Kucinich
19. GPG Mike Feldman
20. Huffington Post Whitney Snyder
21. MORE Betsy Fisher Martin
22. MSNBC Alex Wagner
23. MSNBC Beth Fouhy
24. MSNBC Phil Griffin
25. MSNBC Rachel Maddow (TBD)
26. MSNBC Rachel Racusen
27. NBC Savannah Gutherie [sic]
28. New Yorker Ryan Liza [sic]
29. NYT Amy Chozik [sic]
30. NYT Gail Collins
31. NYT Jonathan Martin
32. NYT Maggie Haberman
33. NYT Pat Healey [sic]
34. PEOPLE Sandra Sobieraj Westfall
35. POLITICO Glenn Thrush
36. POLITICO Mike Allen
37. VICE Alyssa Mastramonoco [sic]
38. VOX Jon Allen
UNKNOWN
1. Bloomberg/MSNBC Jonathan Alter
2. Buzzfeed Ben Smith
3. CBS Gayle King
4. CBS John Dickerson
5. MSNBC Ed Schultz
6. MSNBC Joe Scarborough
7. New Yorker David Remnick
8. Tina Brown
9. UNIVISION Maria-Elena Salinas
10. YAHOO Matt Bai
DECLINED
1. CNN Jake Taper [sic]
2. CNN Jeff Zucker
3. Huffington Post Arianna Huffington
4. Huffington Post Sam Stein
5. NBC Chuck Todd
6. NYT Carolyn Ryan
7. CNN Erin Burnett
8. NPR Mike Oreskes
9. MSNBC Mika Brzezinski
10. MSNBC Thomas Roberts
11. MSNBC Andrea Mitchell
12. NY Post Geofe Earl [sic]
HRC TEAM RSVP (14)
1. John Podesta
2. Robby Mook
3. Huma Abedin
4. Marlon Marshall
5. Amanda Renteria
6. Jennifer Palmieri
7. Kristina Schake
8. Jesse Ferguson
9. Nick Merrill
10. Karen Finney
11. Jim Margolis
12. Joel Benenson
13. John Anzalone
14. Mandy Grunwald
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