NationalReview | James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas, a group that has often infiltrated
news organizations to uncover liberal bias, has released an explosive
“hot mic” video of Good Morning America co-host Amy Robach venting about ABC’s decision to spike a story about Jeffrey Epstein’s nefarious activities three years ago.
“I had this interview with [Epstein victim] Virginia Roberts,” Robach
is seen saying in the video, “we would not put it on the air. The
[British royal] Palace found out that we had her whole allegations about
Prince Andrew and threatened us a million different ways. We were
afraid we wouldn’t be able to interview Kate and Will that we, that also
quashed the story.”
Robach now claims, through a network statement,
that she was caught “in a private moment” of frustration over the lack
of progress on a story. “I was upset that an important interview I had
conducted with Virginia Roberts didn’t air because I could not obtain
sufficient corroborating evidence to meet ABC’s editorial standards
about her allegations.”
Sorry, but Robach’s response to the firestorm doesn’t square with her
initial comments, in which she states that “Roberts had pictures, she
had everything . . . it was unbelievable what we had. [Bill] Clinton, we
had everything.”
“Everything” sure sounds like sufficient corroborating evidence. Even
if employing the most scrupulous journalistic standards, a giant news
organization wouldn’t need three years to substantiate — or dismiss — a
story with pictures, dates, and a credible witness.
We certainly know that ABC didn’t need “everything” — or much of
anything, for that matter – when it was running scores of pieces online
and on television, highlighting every risible accusation against
then–Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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