I feel like the whole white privilege male thing is that when one is that, one never has to learn about “shade” and other such subtleties. I think Biden is a good guy, so I’m not trying to insult him, but for most white guys of his ilk, life is pretty straightforward and they take what people say at face value. To…

I think you got it: she just doesn’t grasp nuance. That would explain her marriage partner, her plastic surgery (she’s only a few years older than me, just 46, and I’m shocked by that because that’s sooooo much Botox or possibly surgery or something very unnatural, and certainly not subtle), everything.

And that’s why Lewandowski stays and Brazile is out.

I actually think it could be information going both ways because news orgs always have info on what their competitors have in the works and even now, sometimes stories sit around waiting to be published/ broadcast, plus, as unsafe as it is, freelance producers and sometimes even reporters work at pretty high levels…

No, it isn’t, it’s because the answer is obvious and you are the one avoiding the answer because you have no way of proving that Trump and Lewandowski aren’t doing the exact same thing. Brazile worked hard for her role in American politics and its sad and shocking to see someone so talented and competent go down over…

But, your argument assumes that Lewandowski doesn’t have access to sensitive information when clearly, he can get access to it because apparently Brazile was able to have it. Someone likely gave that info to her. The real point is that Brazile is a symptom. CNN is regulated by no entity. They, and any other…

That’s a good point. I don’t know what to think. Tonight I’m just trying not to hyperventilate! (Half joking!)

Yes! And I think they must be at least partly to blame for the current climate we’re in where “fact” has been reduced to “opinion” and very important things like context get lost amidst quick comebacks and sound bites. When media consumers allow/ lose that context and continuity, then I fear we can be manipulated more…

I’m interested too and also, just so sad and profoundly frustrated and disappointed now. I would have thought that everyone would have been on their best electronic behavior considering Sony and WikiLeaks, et al.

“Severance pay”. Lol. At least nobody will uncover an e-mail from that side with “Hey Corey, to which address should we send your final payoff check? The Donald thanks you bigly!”

That he keeps company with Donald Trump is more than enough information to know that he makes bad decisions, has no ethics and yes, of course he is sleazy, too.

Yes, I don’t think it’s a whole network of awful (*cough* Fox *cough*) and there have been stories I’ve seen covered with some dignity by Anderson Cooper and others, but it’s troubling how much apparent unchecked influence they have. I honestly thought well of Brazile and probably thought she was one of the more…

While I personally liked Sanders, I’m also a native east coast progressive who has always found both Clintons to basically be Republican (the old school sort, of course), so I’m not a good example of those around whom this election will be decided however, I think you might overestimate Sanders appeal to the broader…

Yes, I agree. It smacks of arrogance.

CNN has always been like this — unethical, frankly — for as long as I can remember, too. They have gained an unprecedented amount of power in the media in my lifetime and some people take ALL of their reporting as fact, which it isn’t. I’m not claiming that they lie, but they are more concerned with shaping public…

Exactly and well-put. Suddenly, Trump and Lewandowski are going to be trusted with an honor code. Something people like them only exploit, never respect.

That’s what I was wondering too! Where’s their “Hey, whoa, Donna, NOBODY, especially not our only human hope for president for the next 4 years asked you for this! thanks but no thanks!” because they should insist this isn’t even real unless they find that reply. (I WANT that to be the truth!)

Oh that’s riiight, so yeah, Brazile totally buckles at the worst possible times.

No, in no way was Brazile’s action “smart”. I still am having a hard time believing she’d be so dumb as to do this, frankly.

All CNN cares about is getting the story first and if that’s what it takes ...