MSNBC’s Bashir Blows Smoke Over Obama Contraception Mandate in Newt-Bashing ‘Clear the Air’
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While most in the liberal media are downright ignoring President Obama's attack on religious institutions — via the mandate that they cover contraceptives in their health insurance plans , even if doing so violates church teaching — MSNBC's Martin Bashir mentioned the issue in today's “Clear the Air” commentary that closes his eponymous program. Of course, true to MSNBC form, Bashir ignored the legitimate policy and religious liberty implications of Gingrich's complaint to dredge up Gingrich's past moral failings, namely his adulteries, as a way of fatally wounding the messenger and hence, Bashir hopes, negating the message [MP3 audio available here ; video posted below page break]: