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PBC News & Comment: Media Ignores Gross Misconduct in Orlando Trial

In coverage of acquittal of Orlando shooter’s widow, gross misconduct by FBI and prosecutors is omitted from most MSM reports….--the full story is at WhoWhat Whyand The Intercept …..the AP report got parts of the story, and the NY Times ignored misconduct

--Israel responded to Palestinian protest with snipers who killed at least 15 and wounded hundreds more, as US backs Israel’s rejection of investigation

--hours after Netanyahu announced resettlement plan for Africans in Israel, he suspended it after backlash from his far, far right

--James Corbett fact-checks our former colleague Sibel Edmonds’s recent attacks on Beeley, Bartlett and Ron Paul Institute

--David Hogg’s boycott of Fox advertsiers puts Laura Ingraham on vacation

--John Oliver skewers Sinclair TV’s “forced read” of anti-media screed dictated by corporate HQ

--Britain dribbles more info about Skripal attack, NY Times blames Putin while admitting “no evidence” of his direct participation

--Hypocrite-in-chief leads Sexual Assault Awareness Month and increases budget for failed “abstinence” promotion campaigns

--echoing the campaign that passed unconstitutional Prop 187 in California 25 years ago, Trump launches Easter tweetstorm stoking fear of “caravans”

--new study shows Trump’s linking crime and immigration inaccurate

--Winnie Mandela, scandal-plagued ex-wife of Nelson, dies at age 81