‘Free Beacon’ Montage: ‘MSNBC’s Chris Christie Bridge to Nowhere’

‘Chris Christie’s presidential hopes ended with those words’

MSNBC’s Bridge to Nowhere (Washington Free Beacon)

Reports of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s demise turned out to be greatly exaggerated–especially at MSNBC.

From the start, Christie emphatically denied any knowledge or involvement by his administration members closing traffic lanes on the George Washington Bridge to create huge bottlenecks in Fort Lee, N.J., allegedly for political reasons.

In spite of no evidence to suggest Christie was lying, many on MSNBC gleefully suggested the potential 2016 Republican contender was finished during months of continuous coverage of the saga. Both liberal pundits and supposedly straight-news broadcasters had no problem calling it the “Chris Christie scandal” or the “Chris Christie bridge scandal.”

Christie had already been cleared in one internal investigation, and news broke last week that the U.S. Justice Department has to date found no evidence Christie knew about the lane closures in advance.

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