In the wake of the terrorist bombings in New York and New Jersey this weekend, NBC News and CNN did their part in trying to spin the alarming attacks in a way that politically benefited their candidate of choice by following the go-to left-wing media tactic: focus on the Republican's reaction and spin it as extreme/reckless/ill-advised/unpresidential. Unfortunately, to do so, they found themselves forced to do a little "polishing" of Clinton's response.

As the mainstream media has made sure the American public knows, Trump quickly responded to the Chelsea bombing Saturday night by making what the media wants us to believe is a grave mistake by actually referring to it as a bombing.

"Just before I got off the plane, a bomb went off in New York and nobody knows exactly what’s going on," Trump told his audience at a rally in Colorado Springs. "But, boy, we are living in a time — we better get very tough, folks. We better get very, very tough… It's a terrible thing that’s going on in our world and in our country. And we are going to get tough and smart and vigilant."

Mustering their best faux outrage, NBC News, CNN, and every other left-leaning outlet blasted Trump for calling a bomb a bomb, insisting that such a declaration was reckless and exactly the kind of thing that shows that he is temperamentally unfit to be president. To make their point stick, however, they had to contrast Trump's (innocuous and obvious) statement with Clinton's initial response.

In its report highlighting the "very different" responses of the two candidates, NBC provided the following excerpt of Clinton's response, which came aboard her private plane Saturday night:

"Secretary Clinton, do you have any reaction to the fact that Donald Trump immediately upon taking the stage tonight called the explosion a 'bomb' in New York?" asked the reporter (who was also faithfully doing her part to spin the incident against the Republican).

"Well, I think it's important to know the facts about any incident like this," replied Clinton. "That’s why it’s critical to support the first responders, the investigators, who are looking into it who are trying to determine what did happen."

The obvious conclusion: Trump shoots from the hip, responding before having all the information, while Clinton is cautious and measured (i.e., presidential). The only problem is that the clip that NBC provided is missing a crucial moment. Just before she was asked the leading question about Trump's (factual) "bomb" comment, Clinton herself labeled both the incidents in New York and New Jersey "bombings."

Here's the full statement conveniently left out of CNN and NBC's reports:

I've been briefed about the bombings in New York and New Jersey, and the attack in Minnesota. Obviously, we need to do everything we can to support our first responders. Also to pray for the victims. We have to let this investigation unfold. We've been in touch with various officials through the mayor's office in New York to learn what they are discovering as they conduct this investigation. I'll have more to say about it when we actually know some facts.

Another video showing Clinton's full response:

CNN's Jake Tapper likewise attempted to push the leftist narrative forward Sunday night in his interview with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Tapper asked Christie about the strong "contrast" between Trump's "bomb" comment and Clinton "wait[ing] hours" before commenting on the incidents. He followed up his statement by showing the deceptively edited clip of her remarks (h/t Trey Sanchez):

Once again, we see outlets that present themselves as unbiased sources of factual reporting use information like clay they can mold to serve their ideological purposes. No wonder the American public's trust in the media has reached a new low and CNN's ratings have plummeted. Meanwhile, the average American's take-away from the responses of the two candidates: Trump was strong and right; Clinton was hesitant and incoherent.