NewsBusters’ Mark Finkelstein loves his conspiracy theories — he will forever be associated with his claim that a checkered scarf worn by NBC host Matt Lauer might very well be a “Palestinian support scarf.”
So it’s not really a surprise to see Finkelstein channel his inner WorldNetDaily in a Feb. 16 post:
How can we put this politely? “Choked up,” our hind quarters . . . In the most blatant case of the MSM covering for a liberal candidate with a potentially serious health issue that this NewsBuster can remember, CNN’s Brianna Keilar has described a Hillary Clinton coughing fit as a case of Clinton getting “choked up.”
Readers are urged to watch this clip from Hillary’s speech in Harlem today. This is someone experiencing a serious, extended, coughing fit. Yet on Don Lemon’s CNN show this evening, Keilar described this as Hillary being “choked up so badly that she struggled to speak for a few minutes and they actually cheered to fill the time.” Rightttt.
This isn’t the first time on the recent campaign trail that Hillary has suffered a serious coughing bout.
We’re not kidding about the WND reference. Here’s what WND wrote about the same incident:
Yet again, Hillary Clinton’s messaging to a supportive audience has been interrupted by a severe coughing fit.
A video posted online shows her at a recent appearance before a supportive fan base at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York.
Part way through her address, she starts coughing.The hacking continues for half a minute while she’s virtually unable to talk, then she gets out a cough drop. She sips water. She still coughs.
She tries to continue, with a voice like a bad case of laryngitis.
At a minute-and-a-half, she’s still coughing.
At two minutes.
At nearly three minutes, she’s recovering but still clearly affected.
WND had reported only about two weeks earlier on her issues with coughing.
But then, we know that WND has launched a jihad against Hillary that includes raising questions about her health. What’s Finkelstein’s excuse?