Posted on 02/28/2013 12:42:36 PM PST by Starman417
Two young reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein brought down the Nixon Presidency in the mid-1970's. Would they have pursued the Watergate story if it meant deposing a Democrat president? Probably not, but it was one of the top stories of the Twentieth Century and it caused President Nixon to resign. Reporters back in those days were not yet considered lackeys for the Democrat Party.
However, the legendary Woodward of the Washington Post dropped a bombshell on CNN. He stated that, "a very senior person" of the Obama administration sent an email, informing Woodward he would "regret" stressing the fact that Obama brought about the concept of sequestration and bore responsibility for its origination, and needed to stop redeploying defense resources to make political points. He also reported that the Obama aide "yelled at me for about half an hour".
Woodward seems to be realizing the danger being posed to the First Amendment by having a compliant press as opposed to a free press.
“I’ve tangled with lots of these people,” Woodward said. “But suppose there’s a young reporter who’s only had a couple of years – or 10 years’ – experience and the White House is sending him an email saying, ‘You’re going to regret this.’ You know, tremble, tremble, tremble. I don’t think it’s the way to operate.”
There are some interesting dynamics at work in this ongoing story that concerns the demise of the First Amendment: why has Woodward suddenly awakened to Obama's control of the press after four years? Can we expect other members of the journalistic community to have an epiphany like the Woodward of old; let's be serious, this is the age of Obama, they have singled out the old reporter and attacked on cue like sharks with state-directed talking points. A story that portrays Obama in a negative manner is a non-story among today's journalists or propagandists, but perhaps you can link to negative posts on Obama by the MSM.
Denouncing Woodward began with Politico, they downplayed the incident after acknowledging Woodward's account as accurate, in their words, "play-by-play is spot on" concerning sequestration. However, Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei claimed, "White House officials are certainly within their rights to yell at any journalist, including Bob Woodward." Is this yelling to be expected when the reporter doesn't tow the party line? Allen and VandeHei complained that the battle with Woodward was:
"a major distraction at a pivotal moment for the president...Watching and now having interviewed Woodward, it is easy to see why the White House officials get worked up about him."
They have essentially discredited Woodward as being an incompetent blowhard with innuendo, but insignificant in the enlightened Age of Obama. He is obviously a non-conformist and should be turned out to pasture for not participating in this game of pretend journalism.
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Oh yes they were! Just like the rats, they were doing everything they could to make us lose Viet Nam.
I’m sure the Baraqqis feel that Republicans aren’t even worth worrying about, so the infighting has begun. In some respects it’s far more fun to watch than Republicans groveling.
The constant news coverage on radio, TV and newspapers, plus the blood-smelling democrats dancing around Nixon, waiting for him to fall. That caused him to resign.
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