"And I thought I was the master!!"
Posted on 10/18/2009 8:38:48 PM PDT by RobinMasters
TEL AVIV – President Obama's presidential campaign focused on "making" the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was "controlled," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference.
"Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control," said Dunn.
"One of the reasons we did so many of the David Plouffe videos was not just for our supporters, but also because it was a way for us to get our message out without having to actually talk to reporters," said Dunn, referring to Plouffe, who was Obama's chief campaign manager.
"We just put that out there and made them write what Plouffe had said as opposed to Plouffe doing an interview with a reporter. So it was very much we controlled it as opposed to the press controlled it," Dunn said.
Continued Dunn: "Whether it was a David Plouffe video or an Obama speech, a huge part of our press strategy was focused on making the media cover what Obama was actually saying as opposed to why the campaign was saying it, what the tactic was. … Making the press cover what we were saying."
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Controlled lies instead of challenged lies...
White House 'fesses up
State Controlled American Media, SCAM!
White House daily briefings are staff meetings
This ought to have GB roarin ready on Monday.
“White House boasts : We ‘control’ news media”
Wow, the very first honest statement from the Obamaination Regime.
GW had that numbskull Scott-whats-his-name working for him
At least 0bama’s people are making an effort
It will hasten their demise.
Shhhhhhhh! Don;t tell her we know!!!!!
I know they are trying to get Fox News to finally cave and Fox appears to be going that way. My cable TV goes this week - bye bye TV.
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A rational observer might ask...
- Does the press not feel supremely insulted by this statement?
- Do members of the press not get it that rather than being the "fourth estate", that they are being used as common chattel?
- Do members of the press have any idea of the contempt to which their once-great profession is now held?
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Maybe that’s why they consider Fox News the enemy...
Yes, they got the MSM, everyone but FNC to report Obama speak as truth. Only FNC asked what they were up to, As Rush says, government controlled media.
How DARE Fox News fact-check Dunn! /s
Go Fox Go!
No, most liberals like being slaves of the government.
I am challenged as to who is charge of the Ministry of Propaganda, there are so many mouthpieces, it is very confusing.
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