ABC Gives Sen. Menendez Six Minute Interview With No Questions About FBI's Hooker Investigation

News Busters ^ | Noel Sheppard

[JohnPDuncan]

On Friday it was revealed that the FBI is investigating Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) for allegedly sleeping with underage prostitutes in the Dominican Republic.

Despite this, when Menendez was given a six-minute interview with Martha Raddatz on ABC's This Week Sunday, he was not asked one question about the investigation or the allegations (commentary follows with full transcript at end of post):

Raddatz began the interview asking Menendez about what Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had previously said on the program concerning immigration. She followed this up by asking Menendez what he wanted to hear from the President about this issue.

Next, Raddatz asked Menendez about the controversy surrounding the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year - in particular, how he felt Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did during her testimony before Congress last week.

The next subject Raddatz chose was whether Menendez felt Chuck Hagel would be confirmed as Obama's Secretary of Defense.

Raddatz concluded the interview by asking Menendez about the looming senatorial race in New Jersey between incumbent Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) and Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D).

With a total of six minutes of air time, Raddatz didn't ask one single question about the FBI's investigation of Menendez.

Can you imagine her ignoring such an issue if she were interviewing a Republican?

[Reo]

With Kerry stepping up to Sec of State, Menendez will now bring a whole new dimension and meaning to the position of Chairman of the Senate “Foreign Affairs” Committee. As for Martha Raddatz, see my tagline.

[Buddy Sorrell]

Conservatives need to end their appearances on these one-sided Sunday shows. Nothing good ever comes out of appearing with these Demo-ho’s.

[The Great RJ]

If Menedez had been a Republican he would have been declared guilty, called a child molester and ABC would be howling for him to resign. As Democrat...nothing to see here. Objective journalism is long dead in this country.

[popdonnelly]

Liberal journalism is not journalism at all.

[magellan]

Honestly, this story is more telling on how far we have fallent than anything else. Imagine if you were a politician under investigation for not only patronizing prostitutes in Latin America (like the Secret Service), but potentially violating U.S. Federal Human Trafficking laws. You would probably absolutely minimize your public contact.

What does it say when you can confidently go on a Sunday news interview show in light not only of an FBI investigation, but with the investigation becoming public? This is something out of the Chavez's Venezuela, not the United States.

The press is not biased, it is corrupt--as corrupt as the politicians ... at least the Democrat politicians.

Republican infighting? To quote Hillary! "What difference does it make?" The Republicans could unify tomorrow, and they will never stand a chance with a press this corrupt. With a press this corrupt, the only way to stop the corrupt Democrats is to render the current press obsolete.