Media blasts Trump, forgets Clinton’s dicey pardons

The mainstream media is suffering from selective amnesia with intermittent umbrage, as evidenced by the reaction to President Trump’s recent pardoning of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, former financier Michael Milken, former New York Police Department commissioner Bernie Kerik and others. CNN summed it up thusly: “Trump’s pardons show his contempt for the law.” The network’s John Avlon insisted that “Trump’s pardons are restocking the swamp,” and helping to further normalize corruption.-- More...