{"id":37057,"date":"2013-08-06T09:51:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T16:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=37057"},"modified":"2013-08-06T10:24:56","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T17:24:56","slug":"rnc-threats-to-pull-debate-coverage-over-clinton-films-seen-as-hypocritical-and-a-cover-for-ending-televised-debates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2013\/08\/06\/rnc-threats-to-pull-debate-coverage-over-clinton-films-seen-as-hypocritical-and-a-cover-for-ending-televised-debates\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC Threats To Pull Debate Coverage Over Clinton Films Seen As Hypocritical and a Cover for Ending Televised Debates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20130806Uprising\/2013_08_06_republicans_hillary.mp3\">Listen to this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20130806Uprising\/2013_08_06_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/reince_priebus.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Republicans are accusing television network of partisanship over two planned films about Hillary Clinton. <\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cpromoting\u201d Clinton for the Democratic nomination and fomenting \u201ca thinly-veiled attempt at putting a thumb on the scales of the 2016 presidential election.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t 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. <\/p>\n<p>That incident eventually led to the Supreme Court\u2019s most far-ranging ruling in recent years on unlimited corporate spending in elections \u2013 a decision we know today as simply Citizens United. <\/p>\n<p><em>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. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\">www.citizen.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u201cpromoting\u201d Clinton for the Democratic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37068,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37057\/revisions\/37068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}