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How will the media cover the Robert Menendez scandal?

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    NJ Senator is battling allegations that he was involved with prostitutes

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There was a Bill O'Reilly in the week days of Bernie segment tonight as we reported last week.

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey now they have the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Are under investigation for links to a Florida doctor -- may have committed fraud.

Seven -- -- flew on doctor Solomon millions -- at least twice did not reimburse apparently violating senate rules.

When the story broke he did write a check from within 50000 dollars -- that was long after he took the flights far worse than that are allegations that underage prostitutes.

May have been -- connected I should say.

With Menendez and the doctor in the Dominican Republic senator Menendez vehemently denies that but the Democrats are on the defensive.

There's then -- having serious allegations here.

Are you confident he did nothing wrong -- I I have conference he did nothing wrong but that's what investigations -- all about.

-- -- finally conserving money does talk shows he's he's he's who he has been will be a great member of that committee.

-- Jonas have Miami the purveyor Bernard Goldberg dot com mr.

Goldberg.

So do you think that the mainstream media will aggressively cover this story and remember it's not just about Menendez with a stock -- He gave his house to bill and Hillary Clinton.

Huge donations -- Democratic Party lots of influence within that party lot of money -- Menendez himself how do you think this is gonna come down.

Well let me tell you what we already do know.

The three major networks -- broadcast networks AB CNBC and CBS.

On their flagship broadcast the Monday through Friday evening newscasts.

Have not covered this story at all on the evening newscast on ABC.

NBC and CBS on the weekday edition having covered it at all.

So when conservatives say sure if this war if Menendez were a conservative Republican.

And not a liberal Democrat -- show a lot more interest I think they're probably on to something.

Here's -- gets tricky -- if I were in charge of one of the networks.

And I got a tip that Menendez was involved with adult prostitutes.

In the Dominican Republic where prostitution is legal I would not.

Cover the story.

No interest whatsoever.

Unless a politician.

Is spouting from the Bible and telling us how much -- family values means to him.

It's not it -- of no interest to me here targets even trickier.

If I got a tip from a shady source.

And it was backed up I put that in quotation marks.

By two prostitutes in the Dominican Republic that he was involved with under age girls I wouldn't cover that either.

I know nothing about these sources and I'm not going to go on the air or in print.

With such an explosive allegation.

Unless I know who the sources are and if I know that they're telling the truth for -- for sure and I know nothing about them.

Where this story becomes legitimate and here's where you picked it up on the factor last week.

Is one the FBI gets involved in the investigation then it becomes a legitimate story and the 3 networks on their evening newscast Monday through Friday haven't covered that aspect.

That's that's interesting because -- do you you said it exactly right we got the story earlier last week and we didn't do it.

Because in the exactly what you say you can't be thrown out all this lascivious crap.

-- the media does all day long now the Internet does it the tabloid shows do it.

Without some kind.

Of back up that's legitimate back up that you can hold accountable.

To anonymous prostitutes and -- republic who do they can be anybody and you know you can't do that.

But once the FBI gets involved and once he writes the check Menendez writes the check.

All right that he acknowledges he didn't tell anybody about the plane -- -- you can't do all right so you should be sanctioned by the senate for that.

-- and then the FBI's -- things out and then you see that his doctor -- -- -- -- this guy is.

He's got a leans against the median pays taxes.

He's throwing money all over the place.

And you know he's got a cost to the comp all house and he's here he's there then you got to cover but the networks declined.

Any excuse for them declining.

To put the geez I hate to do this because I don't think this is the reason but to put the best face on it.

They're uneasy with the sex part because of the scenarios that are valuable.

-- -- -- the broad part.

They should cover that I totally agree that's it's a legitimate news story.

When a good friend of the United States senator is under FBI investigation.

For what -- he allegedly or or I take -- back for what he may have done on his own.

But he didn't just do stuff on his all they flew down in the same private jet -- how -- republic.

Yeah so so that becomes a legitimate story and the fact that the networks haven't covered that.

Tells me that they're not gonna make too big -- deal out of this under any survey and asked -- though.

It because it is a federal crime for any American.

To go anywhere.

And have sex with underage people and and then again today and tomorrow we're gonna define -- -- -- -- and if he's charged with -- crime of course they'll cover that.

But they're not going to be rushing to cover anything that they don't have to cover Bernie thanks very much appreciate it who.

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