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TV news outlets focused on Clinton fundraiser Hsu but ignored Romney finance co-chair Fabian's indictment for fraud

Summary: In recent days, NBC, CNN, and Fox News have all aired reports or discussed the case of Norman Hsu, who The Wall Street Journal suggested may have funneled illegal campaign contributions to Sen. Hillary Clinton. However, when Mitt Romney's national finance committee co-chairman Alan Fabian was charged with mail fraud, money laundering, bankruptcy fraud, perjury and obstruction of justice, the three networks did not report or discuss it during programs available in the Nexis database.
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Posted by Utah_Liberal

Another example of that shameless liberal media.

Posted by oscar the grouch

The big story here is the fact that Hsu is a fugutive, a man with a previous record. It is too bad MSM (all four of the majors) didn't run 1 hour specials on Fabian's problem. Perhaps, instead of resigning his campaign position, if he had fled the country (ala Marc Rich several years ago), the MSM would have found time to cover this story in depth with the vim and vigor it deserves.

Posted by JLyons

The news media has been very biased on this subject, bringing up Senator Clintons issue and comparing it to the 96 subject. It is a double standard and wrong. Focus on Romney and be fair!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by therick

The WSJ kicks the crap out of Hillary over a "suggestion" of illegal campaign contributions.  Alan Fabian was actually charged with mail fraud, money laundering, bankruptcy fraud, perjury and obstruction of justice, yet we only hear the crickets chiping.

Those damn crickets must be right wingers . . . or Mormans.

Posted by wesley in reply to therick

 - The Federal Election Commission has fined one of the last cycle’s biggest liberal political action committees $775,000 for using unregulated soft money to boost John Kerry and other Democratic candidates during the 2004 elections.

America Coming Together (ACT) raised $137 million for its get-out-the-vote effort in 2004, but the FEC found most of that cash came through contributions that violated federal limits. - Politico

Well guess who were the biggest donors...Soros and Peter Lewis.

The president was a guy named Harold Ickes...yep...that same bunkmate of the Clintons...and a campaign strategist for Hillary's run for the president. 

Posted by mefirst in reply to wesley

and according to this, earlier this year a conservative group, the "progress for america voter fund", paid a $750,000 fine.  

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/washington/30donate.html

Posted by truthseeker77

The media and even MMFA ignored the fact that Bob Dole once received $69,000 in illegal contributions by a man who served prison for this:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985505,00.html 

Posted by mary59

This continual money machine fund raising by all the candidates will inevitably lead to illegal campaign contributions.   All the candidates spend obscene amounts of time collecting obscene amounts of money.

A few states with publically financed elections are getting good results.  More candidates can compete without swimming in cash...if the voters wake up, and on a state level institute shorter election cycles and public financing of elections, we'll get better candidates with less corrupting influences.  This would pressure the national pols, who have no compelling reason to change the system that elected them.

Posted by johnrtorres638

I hope that Hsu is not silenced before he can tell his story. People who get involved with the Clinton crime family often end up dead. 

Posted by funnymanpants in reply to johnrtorres638

It is hard to know how to respond to such an inflamatory, ridiculous statement. 

Posted by sundog in reply to johnrtorres638

Yes John, you must be commended for your bravery.  Are you writing from your underground bunker so they can't get you?  Maybe the Bush Hero Family can sprinkle you with some invisibility powder to protect you from Hillary's Hitmen.  Truly a brave brave (man?).

Posted by johnrtorres638 in reply to sundog

I may not be as tough an hombre as Tucker Carlson, but let's just say that I know how to take care of myself.

 

Posted by sundog in reply to johnrtorres638

Is anyone really as tough as TC though?  As much as he's dissed the Clinton's over the years it's amazing they haven't gotten him yet.  I'm afraid just writing the name Clinton on account of how scary they are.  It's like the Outfit only more liberal.  Well, hope the oxygen in your bunker holds out until the Feds can track Hillary down and make us all safe again. 

Posted by funnymanpants in reply to sundog

I said I didn't know how to respond to John's post, in which he believes that, contrary to all evidence, the Clintons act like the mafia.

Well, you do know how to respond. Funny!  

Posted by sundog in reply to funnymanpants

You've got the pants for it. This guy has got to be joking on some level. The sad thing is that the Clinton's offing people thing is actually coming from media sources. Limbaugh and other nuts often insinuate that they've flat-out murdered people. These nuts should just be some lunatic fringe that you could laugh at all the time. The problem is that they are actually better represented in government than you or I. Gosh, that'd not funny at all.

Posted by Taz in reply to johnrtorres638

Hillary is the real Manchurian candidate.

Posted by funnymanpants

Remember a few days ago when some rightwingers were claiming the HSU "scandal" would bring Hillary down? Well, will the same rightwingers now claim that the  Fabian "scandal" will bring Romney down? After all, Fabian is closer to Romney than HSU to Clinton. 

By the way, the HSU story still hasn't made CNN's front page. Oh yes, it will bring her down!  

Posted by mary59

Here's a link to CREW's list of the "most corrupt" current members of Congress:

http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/19007

Note that there are some dems listed in there (not many)  I repeat:  the race for cash is corrupting our system of government.  Those who go into politics with corruptible ethics will find a way to corrupt themselves...but we should make it harder for them to sell themselves out.

Posted by right-winger

ARE YOU SURPRISE?? NO! WHEN THE CRAIG STORY CAME OUT YOU KNEW ROVE AND FOX NEWS WOULD GO INTO ACTION TO GET SOMETHING ON CLINTON AND A DEMOCRATE AND THEY DUG UP HSU. SOON AS FOX NEWS PUT THE STORY ON THE REST OF THE RIGHT-WING MEDIA WHO GET THERE DIRTY BY WATCHING FOX NEWS JUMP RIGHT ON THE STORY TOO.LIKE I SAID THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE DOING A 24/7 STORY ON CRAIG IS BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT FOX NEWS AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE AGAINST CRAIG