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Republicans are accusing television network of partisanship over two planned films about Hillary Clinton.

Reince Priebus, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee sent a letter to NBC and CNN this week threatening to pull the plug on debate coverage in the next primary elections. Preibus accused the networks of “promoting” Clinton for the Democratic nomination and fomenting “a thinly-veiled attempt at putting a thumb on the scales of the 2016 presidential election.”

This isn’t the first time a film about Hillary Clinton has sparked controversy. In 2008, the conservative lobby group, Citizens United attempted to air a documentary critical of Clinton ahead of the primary elections and was ordered by the Federal government to desist on corporate ads for that film.

That incident eventually led to the Supreme Court’s most far-ranging ruling in recent years on unlimited corporate spending in elections – a decision we know today as simply Citizens United.

GUEST: Jesse Berney, speechwriter, strategist, comedian, and commentator who has provided a voice for Democratic campaigns, progressive advocacy groups, and social justice organizations for more than a decade, Craig Holman, Government Affairs Lobbyist for Public Citizen.

For more information visit www.citizen.org.