White House tries to muzzle media; draws back a bloody stump.

Tell me again how smart these people are.

Thursday, October 22nd at 8:17PM EDT

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So this administration had what passes for a brainstorm among that group: now that they’ve made it clear that they disapprove of one particular news network, why, there would be nothing stopping them from stepping up their attempts to marginalize said network. So the White House announced today that a specific White House Press Pool access – Ken Feinberg, who is one of the myriad ‘czars’ so beloved of this administration – would explicitly exclude Fox News. Despite the fact that the Press Pool is supported in part by Fox News.

And the media refused to play along.

This, oddly enough, has not been brought up by any of the other networks, so for right now the best source for this story is FNC (yes, savor the irony):

See Hot Air and AoSHQ for more. In this particular case, the news bureaus decided that the White House could make Feinberg available for all five news networks, or for none of them. Whether or not this was due to principle or pragmatism (Hot Air leans towards the latter), it was the right answer: the administration caved in short order. Hopefully there won’t be a need for multiple lessons. I’m forced to admit that I’m pleasantly surprised at how well the news media handled this one. Even if they did do it solely because they don’t want the precedent set.

Moving along: AoSHQ is amazed at this administration’s priorities. For myself, I’m reminded again of a thought that I’ve had a few times. When you look at this administration’s performance to date, it’s like the Democratic Party went out and found themselves a caricature of everything that they complained about/hated/feared with regard to George W Bush… only this time? It’s all true.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to RedState.

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You're dealing with Marxists here!

yabadabadoing Thursday, October 22nd at 8:34PM EDT (link)

Of course they will try to censor/defame/disparage/destroy. This is their claim to fame. Their international modus operandi.

To work, it must have the complicity of the news and entertainment media and of course, they do.

Because they are the same people, a seamless fit.

And I thought the state-controlled media

redneck_hippie (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 8:43PM EDT (link)

didn’t have an ethical bone in their body. Guess they figured out what happens “when they come for the press…”

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Taking Obama's promises seriously?

Steph C (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 8:47PM EDT (link)

I mean, he’s hinted at bailouts for the media but like most everything else that likely means becoming government owned. I can call the media lots of things and their role in our recent elections is par for the course but not even the government should be able to control them (in their minds).

Historically, it has been the reverse: the media controls the government. In their minds, they “made” Obama which is more than simply overtly supporting them. They have invested a lot in him as “their guy” but not to the point where they’re going to let him or anyone in his administration tell them what to do.

I see a deconstruction of the myth of Obama in the near future and they’ll spin it so that they look like the good guys in doing it.

“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
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Thank goodness the other nets had some integrity

bk (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 8:48PM EDT (link)

Obama tried to do exactly what I mentioned a couple days ago as a possibility. But at least for now the other networks refused to be complicit and the gambit failed.

They realize

Darin_H (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 10:05PM EDT (link)

that there will be a Republican elected to the White House again someday. If the precedent is set now with Fox’s goose, it will be good for ABCNBCCBSCNN’ gander.

A visionary coward says that anger can be power, as long as there’s a victim on TV – Flat Top, Goo Goo Dolls

We Should Do That Anyway, IMO

IJB Thursday, October 22nd at 10:15PM EDT (link)

The GOP should stop playing ball with the Left-Wing Media.

The next GOP President needs to rethink all interactions with the Press and Media, including the so-called ‘press pool’, from the ground up…

First Amendment

martyinaz Friday, October 23rd at 9:31PM EDT (link)

It was about time the media got off their buns and spoke out. Imagine if CBS were to be the network under fire. You would hear the howeling all the way around the world. If there were ever a more true motto for the media and the First Amendment it would be “don’t tread on me”.

"It’s like the Democratic Party went out

Cargosquid (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 8:50PM EDT (link)

and found themselves a caricature of everything that they complained about/hated/feared with regard to George W Bush… only this time? It’s all true.”

Rush has always said that the Dems always, ALWAYS, accuse the other side of what they, THEMSELVES, are doing or want to do…..

Let's not forget Tricky Dick Nixon in that equation

AceInTX (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 9:11PM EDT (link)

it’s like the Democratic Party went out and found themselves a caricature of everything that they complained about/hated/feared with regard to George W Bush… only this time? It’s all true.

Obama did Nixon one better with this one and got his hand slapped….Good for the so called objective media…they finally got one right after all these years!

I'm reminded of the "even a blind squirrel..." line. nt

TNJim (Diary) Friday, October 23rd at 12:06AM EDT (link)

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Other Media Outlets must be realizing they

antisocial (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 9:21PM EDT (link)

could be next. Frankenstein’s monster?

I can certainly hope they understand that.

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Obama is Absolutely Right!

bricksykes Thursday, October 22nd at 9:35PM EDT (link)

A Richard Nixon would’ve wished he had had Obama’s cajones when the WashPo was on his case! Of course, the WashPo was reporting ‘FACTS’ and not the ‘OPINION’ that Fox ‘reports.’ There is a difference. Fox blasts the airways with their massaged opinions about current events! This is NOT News Reporting! Obama is Right! And I am proud to see at least ONE President who is not petrified of ‘The Fourth Estate.’ Good for him!

Please Quote These "Opinions"

Ausonius (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 9:42PM EDT (link)

on FOX which are not facts.

Be specific! Which “Opinions” does FOX report falsely to be Facts?

Inquiring minds want to know! Enlighten us!

BIG BRObama is not petrified by The Fourth Estate, because they kowtow to him and push his agenda by e.g. ignoring stories on his Marxist, Maoist “czars,” and by reporting the White House’s excuses for failure as facts, without investigating their claims.

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Marxist, Maoist, You Forgot...

tljan Friday, October 23rd at 7:32AM EDT (link)

…Trotskyite. And Bolshevik. Can’t forget those!

You say...

kyle8 (Diary) Friday, October 23rd at 7:38AM EDT (link)

You say Maoist
I say Marxist
You say Lenin
I say Stalin

Lenin, Stalin
Pol Pot, Brezhnev
Let’s call the whole thing off!

“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle

Whew, I am finally able to catch my breath!

deadreckoning (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 9:45PM EDT (link)

I haven’t laughed like that in a while. Thanks for the comedy relief bricksykes, but you did forget the sarcasm tag.

The need for the sarcasm tag

Kyle-MI (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 10:21PM EDT (link)

This is why you need the sarcasm tag. No matter how obviously silly a liberal mockery quote you think you can make, there is always a liberal out there who will top it with a real one they actually believe.

Thanks for calling my attention to that omission.

deadreckoning (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 11:23PM EDT (link)

In my haste I forgot that I was in need of clarification.

Go back to your troll cave

Return to Revolution (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 10:27PM EDT (link)

And when we find ourselves living in ruins and slavery, don’t think you and other enablers of tyranny will avoid responsibility with your “good intentions”.

Out of hand Constitutional fetishist

On second thought

Return to Revolution (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 10:40PM EDT (link)

You make a good point. Fox could never live up to the standard of networks like, say, MSNBC, that bastion of integrity. Anyone who can accuse Fox of ANYTHING and ignore MSNBC’s disgusting race baiting stunt (remember that?) is truly a moron.

http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/08/19/i-think-msnbc-is-trying-to-get-the-president-shot-at/

Out of hand Constitutional fetishist

Wonder what Olberfool will have to say about this? nt

mbecker908 (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 9:41PM EDT (link)

Change

Are you sure Cass Sunstein didn't lop it off?

jeannieology (Diary) Thursday, October 22nd at 10:21PM EDT (link)

and leave the bloody stump?

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"Doubling down on stupid,"

ptort Friday, October 23rd at 3:12AM EDT (link)

should be added to O’s logo.

Not just O's ego

redpens (Diary) Friday, October 23rd at 4:18AM EDT (link)

the Demo-commies are all doubling down on stupid.

I know Fox is giving the rest of the fringe media credit

The_Gadfly (Diary) Friday, October 23rd at 4:16AM EDT (link)

for doing the right thing. And it’s very unchristian of me to think otherwise. But I keep wondering if there wasn’t some quiet arm twisting behind the scenes. Something along the lines of: “You know, we pay 20% of the bills here. If we aren’t getting our share, we don’t see why that should continue.” I don’t know what the real split for the bills are, what I do know is that FOX seems to be the only news network that is actually growing.

But at least for now they’ve taken the moral position.

actually I think it is a matter of timeing

kyle8 (Diary) Friday, October 23rd at 7:43AM EDT (link)

If this had happened two months ago I doubt that the others would have jumped up to defend Fox on principle. They were so in the tank for Obama I really doubt it.

But in the last two months, some of the smarter of them can see that the Obama team is a bunch of silly screw ups and they are hedging their bets now.

“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle

It was self preservation

PGDeFreese (Diary) Friday, October 23rd at 9:18AM EDT (link)

by the other networks. They knew that if Fox News was excluded that they would drop the “Fair and Balanced” tagline and go with the uber-cool “All the News the White House Doesn’t Want You to Know” or “What the Lapdogs aren’t Reporting” and their already huge ratings lead would turn into an unbridgeable chasm.

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Morons AND cowards. On Jan 2, 2011, when the new Republican majority takes over the House, and the Senate convenes with 44-46 Republicans, this administration’s agenda is done.

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I Agree with Self Preservation...

billf (Diary) Friday, October 23rd at 12:08PM EDT (link)

This was an opportunity for the self proclaimed MSMs to throw a bone in the apparent interest of protecting freedom of speech, but really in the interest of stopping the bleeding on their ever descending ratings.

I am boycotting all things ABC, CBS, and NBC. A massive boycott would quicly teach Obama a lesson about the power of the capitalism that he seems to hate and would cause him call off his war against Fox. Would also demonstrate to MoveOn that RedState has a stronger backing.

Jake Tapper should be on the enemies list soon

bk (Diary) Friday, October 23rd at 12:23PM EDT (link)

He did a real smackdown of Gibbs off camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKOAkbPy1-0

Note the part at the end too. While branding all of Fox, Obama apparently sees Keith Olberman and Rachel Maddow as legit news folks.

We've been urging Jake to get kicked out of..

speciallist (Diary) Friday, October 23rd at 12:52PM EDT (link)

the WH press room, on twitter, for some time now…he sure is taking his time..

Tending the stump in the bunker

izoneguy (Diary) Friday, October 23rd at 3:59PM EDT (link)

Those who had once simpered: “I don’t want to destroy the rich, I only want to seize a little of their surplus to help the poor, just a little, they’ll never miss it!” – then, later, had snapped: “The tycoons can stand being squeezed; they’ve amassed enough to last them for three generations” – then, later, had yelled: “Why should the people suffer while businessmen have reserves to last a year?” – now were screaming: “Why should we starve while some people have reserves to last a week?” – Atlas Shrugged

great post Moe

ATGinCT (Diary) Saturday, October 24th at 12:19AM EDT (link)

“it’s like the Democratic Party went out and found themselves a caricature of everything that they complained about/hated/feared with regard to George W Bush… only this time? It’s all true.”

Now that one had to have left a mark!!!

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