During the Nixon/Watergate matter the press clearly understood that they owed Nixon no grant of innocence until proven guilty, and incorporated the presumption of guilt in all its reporting.
No one said, “Well, you can’t prove Nixon was involved in any of this” on Sunday shows back then.
What’s going on now with Obama’s scandals is appalling. He is being treated by the press as if their outputs (articles, reports, op-eds) are courtrooms of some sort, with the disclaimer that “you can’t prove it” being presented as if that is part of the story.
This is nonsense and NOT the province of the press in any case. Simple facts need to be presented without such bizarre consessions to jurisprudence. A “stand down” order was given in the Benghazi matter. Who is empowered to give “stand down” orders? Right there is the reporter’s job. Was it given and by who? And if no one will tell the truth, who was empowered to give such an order?
When the government stonewalls, the press speculates—with good cause. Do your job. Stop pretending to be a court of law. Hit the bricks and get the story. Are you so STUPID, Mr. Media, to imagine the IRS could take such action as they did without approval from higher up? Could Holder sign off on an investigation complete with wiretaps of Fox News without Obama approval?
A free and independent press in America? It’s way past midnight now. In fact, this is last call.
What we witnessed in 1972-4 was the Press taking down an American President. No more, no less.
What we witnessed in 1986-7, 2005-8, was a similar but failed attempt.
What we witnessed in 2008-2013 is the Press taking down the American Republic.
And what we are witnessing, right up to today and these Sunday shows, is the Press whitewashing the american President so he and they can continue taking down the American Republic.
And there’s not much we can do about it.
Hello PaleoBob
“A free and independent press in America? It’s way past midnight now. In fact, this is last call.”
This is not quite true. The Press at the time of the founding of this country was even more partisan.
The problem today is that we ONLY have the Communist/Fascist/Nazi press. Aside from the small number of Bloggers NO one in the commercial press is on the other side. Fox news DOES NOT Qualify as anything other than a balanced mouthpiece.
Today we saw the total inaptness of the Fox people to address the Racist/Fascist ramblings of Hwan Williams