Anyone who doubts that the so-called mainstream media long ago abdicated their responsibility to report the news in favor of creating the news will have a hard time explaining away a tweet posted Monday by The Atlantic’s Natasha Bertrand.
In the tweet, Bertrand, who is also a contributor to NBC News, asserted that U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood was all set to receive the name of Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s third client under seal when an attorney approached the bench and argued that the press and public had a right to know the man’s identity. Wood agreed and released the name, which was, as we now all know, Sean Hannity.
And while we’re outing attorneys’ clients, the attorney who urged the judge to reveal Hannity’s name represents The New York Times and CNN!
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Here’s Bertrand’s tweet:
A note about this: Judge Wood was prepared to let Ryan give her the name of Cohen’s third client under seal. At that point, an attorney for the NYT and CNN approached the podium and convinced her that the press (&public) should know. She agreed. He played pivotal role here. https://t.co/nbJUaAw4Ys
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 17, 2018
Here’s another naming the attorney:
Robert Balin is the attorney’s name. Thanks everyone who commented with it!
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) April 17, 2018
CNN’s Shimon Prokupecz confirms the story.
I was in court yesterday and if it wasn’t for the attorney representing the press, Sean Hannity’s name would have been filed under seal. Judge Kimba Wood was ready to accept the name under seal, when the attorney representing the press stood up and argued successfully against it
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) April 17, 2018
So does the Times itself:
Robert D. Balin, a lawyer for various media outlets, including The New York Times, CNN and others, interrupted the hearing to argue that embarrassment was not a sufficient cause to withhold a client’s name, and Judge Wood agreed.
After Mr. Hannity was named, there were audible gasps from the spectators.
“So liberal attorneys are now colluding with liberal judges against conservatives,” Jim Hoft wrote at the Gateway Pundit. “Good to know.”
Following the revelation, the media went into overdrive in its attacks Hannity but apparently had no problem with the role played by an attorney working for various liberal media outlets.
Hannity, for his part, has hit back, saying he is not a client of Cohen’s but merely sought legal advice and perspectives on issues like real estate.
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