MSNBC's Witt failed to challenge GOP strategist Baird's smears of Obama camp, Frank
Media Matters for America • Dec 21, 2008On December 21, MSNBC Live anchor Alex Witt failed to challenge Republican strategist Tripp Baird's claim that President-elect Barack Obama's team had "something to do with" a "corruption" scandal involving Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), even though there are no allegations of wrongdoing against Obama or his staff contained in the criminal complaint against Blagojevich, as U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has made clear . Further, Witt did not challenge Baird's false claim that Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) "ran a male prostitute ring out of his basement." After Witt asked Baird whether Obama's release of the results of an internal investigation… Full Story »
