CNN's Bash repeated Hastert's conspiracy theory about Foley emails; ignored report that a "longtime Republican" gave emails to media

On the October 5 edition of CNN's American Morning, congressional correspondent Dana Bash uncritically reported House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's (R-IL) unsubstantiated claim that Democrats were behind the revelations about former Republican Rep. Mark Foley (FL). In doing so, Bash ignored a new report in The Hill that a House Republican aide was responsible for giving Foley's emails to the media. Read more