Paramount Skydance has won the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery with a $31-per-share offer that Netflix declined to match, securing assets like HBO, Superman, and Harry Potter; Netflix cited the deal as no longer financially attractive and will pay a $2.8 billion breakup fee. Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed loans fell to 5.98%, the lowest since September 2022, but economists caution it’s temporary without more housing supply. Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, underwent a 6-hour closed-door deposition on February 26 before the Republican-led House Oversight Committee on her potential ties to Jeffrey Epstein, denying any meetings with him despite interactions with Ghislaine Maxwell and calling the questions repetitive.
Conservative outlets like Fox News frame the Clinton deposition aggressively, with headlines like “Clinton Grilled for Hours on Epstein Ties as Scandal Deepens with Hidden Files,” emphasizing Republican Chair James Comer’s probe into withheld documents and her husband’s past threats of contempt, while highlighting her deflection to President Trump’s Epstein file mentions. Liberal sources such as MSNBC downplay it, using quotes like “House Republicans Harass Clinton in Partisan Epstein Witch Hunt,” focusing on the closed-door format despite her request for openness and noting no accusations of wrongdoing against her, often ignoring Comer’s threats to subpoena Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over his post-2005 Epstein contacts. Mainstream coverage from Politico and Britannica stays neutral, headlining “House Oversight Grills Hillary Clinton on Epstein Interactions” or “Clinton Gives Closed-Door Deposition to GOP-Led Committee,” providing factual timelines like the millions of newly released pages without partisan spin.
This varied coverage shows selection bias, where outlets selectively emphasize or omit background to fit narratives: conservatives stress potential cover-ups in Epstein files possibly shielding Democrats and probe Trump’s lesser mentions; liberals spotlight GOP motivations and Trump’s uncharged allegations of assaulting a minor from pre-2020 FBI tips, which DOJ calls unfounded; mainstream notes both sides without judgment. Selection bias works by curating facts—conservatives amplify Clinton’s Maxwell links and file gaps, liberals her denials and Trump’s “falling out” with Epstein, ignoring Lutnick’s 2012 island lunch—shaping public perception to reinforce distrust in opponents, making audiences see the same events as vindication or persecution. For example, see Politico’s live update on deposition terms: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/26/congress/hillary-clinton-deposition-terms-00800272 . These patterns polarize views, with conservatives perceiving elite cover-ups and liberals political revenge, eroding shared facts on economic wins like the mortgage dip, which all frame positively but tie to broader housing critiques.