In a report for Thursday’s NBC Today about Bill Clinton saying he would stop giving paid speeches if Hillary was elected president, correspondent Andrea Mitchell lamented: “The charity has been lauded for its good works but both Clintons are being hounded by questions about potential conflicts of interest from donors and high-dollar speeches.”

Mitchell touted the former President’s denials of corruption: “Clinton also denied doing favors for foreign governments or other donors to the foundation, telling CNN, ‘No one has ever asked me for anything. And I don't think Hillary would know either. I never saw her study a list of my contributors, and I had no idea who was doing business before the State Department.’”

Mitchell then wondered: “Will that be enough to quiet critics?” A soundbite followed of former Obama adviser and NBC New senior political analyst David Axelrod declaring: “This issue won't go away because the Republican Party won't allow it to go away. And I suspect we'll be hearing about it from now until the election.”

The implication being that the issue was merely a partisan attack rather than a legitimate controversy that journalists should keep investigating. No Republicans were featured in the segment.

Wrapping up the report, Mitchell gushed: “Bill Clinton will be a key surrogate for his wife, who has yet to do an interview since declaring her candidacy. In his interview with CNN, Bill Clinton described Hillary Clinton warmly, saying, ‘Whenever I had trouble she was the rock in the family.’” Co-host Savannah Guthrie added: “Alright, well she's got his vote, that’s for sure.”

ABC’s Good Morning America completely ignored Bill Clinton’s comments about the Clinton Foundation. CBS This Morning only briefly noted the development and touted the former President “defending his family’s foundation.”

Here is a full transcript of the June 11 segment: