Andrea Seastrand: “the other day in the Washington Post, Mary McGrory brought up a point about the Filegate controversy that I thought was…”

“the other day in the Washington Post, Mary McGrory brought up a point about the Filegate controversy that I thought was very relevant. What if this had been a Republican administration? Think about it, Mr. Speaker; every member of the liberal media would be at their wits end. CNN would have special Filegate music and would break in every 10 minutes with a special report. Dan Rather and Peter Jennings would be breathless in their zeal to find out the truth about what was going on in the White House. ``60 Minutes'' and ``20/20'' would do special interviews with the people whose FBI files were investigated. They would ask sensitive questions like, ``How does it feel to have your FBI file looked into by the White House?'' But this is not what is happening, Mr. Speaker. Of course, there is media coverage of Filegate, I do not deny that. But there is a different standard applied to liberal Democrats by the media. If a Republican President were accused of raiding FBI files of Democrats, the liberal media would be in absolutely apoplexy.”