MSM Dodges Owen's ABA Highly Qualified Recommendation

The American Bar Association awarded federal appellate court nominee and Texas Supreme Court Justice Pricilla Owen its highest rating - Highly Qualified. The ABA's committee on federal judicial nominees vote was unanimous. Owen is assured of confirmation by the Senate if it gets to vote on her nomination.

Most Senate Democrats and every powerful liberal interest group don't want Owen to get that vote. In their efforts to prevent it, they're getting huge assists from MSM.

Among MSM assists are reporting and commentaries that usually fail to mention the very important ABA recommendation. Here's an example from the May 21 Washington Post.

And here are two more from the current issue of Newsweek here and here.

The second Newsweek link is to Democratic spear-carrier Eleanor Clift's column. Clift doesn't mention the ABA's recommendation, but she does suggest that Owen's nomination is part of the religious right's effort to take over of America. Gosh, how did the ABA miss that?

If even half the MSM stories and reports concerning Owen had mentioned the ABA's unanimous recommendation, I think the Democrats would've been unable to sustain their opposition . The public would have said, "Enough of this nonsense about 'extremism.' Confirm the woman." And the Dems would have had to yield.

The Dems and liberal interest groups owe their MSM friends a big thank you.