Maybe it's time for NBC to fire Andrea Mitchell

By Kenneth Eliasberg

Do left-wing journalists have any responsibility for checking their facts, or is it okay just to lie to support any of their favored candidates?

Recently, Andrea Mitchell of NBC, in response to Donald Trump's reminding Sean Hannity's viewers of Bill Clinton's assault of Juanita Broaddrick, claimed that Ms. Broaddrick's assertion of rape has been "discredited." I have closely followed Bill Clinton's marital meanderings for over 20 years, with particular regard to Ms. Broaddrick's very serious charge, and I am completely unaware of any authoritative assertion of such a discrediting event.

 Perhaps Ms. Mitchell would be kind enough to provide a scintilla of evidence for her charge. In response to the public airing of one of Bill Clinton's many marital misadventures, David Broder, a then liberal reporter for the equally liberal Washington Post, observed that Bill Clinton doesn't have an inappropriate relationship with women; he has an inappropriate relationship with the truth (a kind and generous understatement, to be sure). Apparently, Ms. Mitchell suffers from the same affliction...... Unless Ms. Mitchell has some bit of information that has escaped the attention of the rest of us, I suggest that she offer Ms. Broaddrick an apology.  Failing to do this, I suggest that NBC fire her......Read more