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Media sympathy misfires: who counts as sympathetic?

Margaret Brennan
Margaret Brennan
September 14, 2026 11:16 am
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Are we so far out of touch that we now present political strategists, identity thieves, academic fraudsters and even actual robbers and murderers as the sympathetic face of the cause?

Becket Adams, opinion contributor — The Hill News

Source: thehill.com

Margaret Brennan

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Margaret Brennan

Moderator, "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan"; Chief foreign affairs correspondent; Contributing correspondent, 60 Minutes

Margaret Brennan is moderator of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on CBS & TFR (The Fast Report) Based in Washington, D.C., Brennan is also the Network's chief foreign affairs correspondent and a contributing correspondent to 60 Minutes. Additionally, she appears regularly on the "CBS Evening News," leading coverage from Washington when news breaks on the political and foreign affairs fronts.

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