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Saturday, May 09, 2015

Journalists Hold Tom Brady to Higher Standard Than Hillary Clinton

The transparency standards for an NFL quarterback rising higher than for the Secretary of State surely speaks to the bread-and-circuses quality of 2015 America.

We expect more from our gridiron heroes than from our nation’s leaders. Perhaps the tizzy over Tom serves as a tacit admission that we also expect more responsiveness to public opinion from 345 Park Ave. than from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

No law decrees that a quarterback must turn over his texts and emails to the NFL the way that the Federal Records Act demands that the Secretary of State turn over correspondence to the government. Yet the failure of the four-time Super Bowl winner to share his iPhones, computers, and other gadgets and gizmos with NFL investigator Ted Wells sends the Fourth Estate into a frenzy.

The Wells Report notes that “although Tom Brady appeared for a requested interview and answered questions voluntarily, he declined to make available any documents or electronic information (including text messages and emails) that we requested, even though those requests were limited to the subject matter of our investigation.”

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hillary can't be held to our standards because she is Queen. If you don't believe me, just ask her.

Anonymous said...

As much as I hate TB, he's higher on my list than hillary is, too. She's a bigger POS than the current first lady is.

Anonymous said...

Are we being forced to display outrage over the Brady issue? It's everywhere you look.Are people actually falling for it? Does anyone actually care if he knew it or not? Most of us have our own lives to deal with.

Anonymous said...

Brady would make a great running mate ..unless the other liar from Mass. Elizabeth Warren is available