Extra! 2017 Ed. 1 – January/February

January 1, 2017

Newshour Distracted By Distraction

When the discussion went through the motions of covering the ground of Trump’s major appointees and nominees—Steve Bannon, Jeff Sessions and Mike Pompeo got brief mentions—there wasn’t the slightest indication that their backgrounds included racism, anti-immigrant fervor, extreme hostility to Muslims, antisemitism and support for torture.

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