NBC Gives Sanders a Pass on His 1970s Essay Describing Women's Rape Fantasies

(CNSNews) - Chuck Todd, host of NBC's "Meet the Press," pondered on Sunday whether Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders "could become Hillary Clinton's most dangerous political opponent" in the race for president because Sanders "can puncture (Hillary) Clinton's aura of inevitability simply by beating expectations."

This is after Sanders' campaign was rocked last week, when his essay on women's sexual fantasies, written 43 years ago, re-surfaced.

But Chuck Todd didn't bring up the essay until the very end of his Sunday interview with Sanders:

"I'll be honest with you, Senator Sanders, it's uncomfortable to read," Todd said about the essay. "You said, 'A woman enjoys intercourse with her man as she fantasizes being raped by three men simultaneously.' Your campaign described it as satire. Can you explain this essay?"

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