I think the media has orders to protect Hillary at all costs for 2016. The Snowden thing could be her fancy work, aimed at overshadowing her employees crimes at the State Dept. We wouldn’t want Hillary’s new makeover (possible face lift during her long absense) to go to a complete waste now would we? /s
Here’s a theory:
Fake story leaked to Fox, NY Post, Breitbart etc.
They report it.
ABC, NBC, CBS NYTimes and Wapo ignore it.
One week later the story is debunked, by ABC, NBC NYtimes, etc.
Maybe this was the subject of “off-record press conferences?” Hell, if I were ‘bam, it’s what I’d do.