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By Jennifer Rubin, Apr. 28, 2015, Business Insider

The reaction of the mainstream media to the Clinton scandals is telling.

News reporters and independent-minded analysts by and large seem to understand the gravity of the claims concerning foreign monies and concede that there is no "quid pro quo" or "smoking gun" required.

Peter Baker of the New York Times is among those who have not been thrown off the scent of scandal.

He told CBS's "Face the Nation" that "this is a big issue for Hillary Clinton because, in fact, it goes back to some of the issues we've been seeing with the Clintons going to the '90s, which is the interaction between money and politics, money and the Clintons in particular."

Likewise, Mark Halperin argued on ABC's "This Week": "The Clinton Foundation does great work. Some of the charges against her are overstated. That's on one side of the ledger. On the other side of the ledger, it's extraordinarily serious.

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