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Politico: No Conflict for MSNBC Host To Marry Exec. Dir. of Michelle Obama's 'Let's Move'
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Posted on 09/28/2013 5:20:37 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
To imitate the inimitable James Taranto: HA HA HA HA. Politico has cleared MSNBC host Alex Wagner of any conflict of interest stemming from her impending marriage to Sam Kaas, the Executive Director of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Lets Move!" initiative.
According to Politico's Dylan Byers [emphasis added], "We won't call this a conflict of interest because who doesn't love a man who can cook, and really, the White House Chef and Let's Move! role is arguably rather apolitical. Many a White House chef has served multiple administrations from either side of the spectrum." Uh, yeah, but Kaas is a former White House chef. He now works directly for the First Lady on her signature initiative. Is there anyone out there naive enough to believe that Wagner won't be even less apt than previously to criticize anything relating to her husband's bossor her husband's boss's husband?
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KEYWORDS: alexwagner; conflictofinterest; letsmove; michelleobma; msnbc; politico; samkaas; whchef
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The Politico reporter who cleared Alex Wagner of conflict of interest attended Bard College. A place so liberal it has a chaired professorship honoring Commie spy Alger Hiss! Ping to Today show list.
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posted on
09/28/2013 5:21:56 AM PDT
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
And we all know that POLITICO is the arbiter of what’s right and good.
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posted on
09/28/2013 5:34:23 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Why would anyone think there was a conflict? MSNBC and Let’s Move have the same mission. There has never even been friction, let alone an actual conflict, between the official and unofficial branches of Obama’s massive political machine.
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posted on
09/28/2013 5:36:07 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Conflict is reserved for conservatives/Republicans.
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posted on
09/28/2013 5:39:07 AM PDT
by
lbryce
(Obama:The Worst Is Yet To come)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Why would you want to keep two partisan members of the same party apart?
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posted on
09/28/2013 5:41:15 AM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Whew. I am certainly relieved to know there is no conflict of interest with at lest one of the MSNBC hostesses. I may have missed it, but did Politico mentioned if this was just Alex Wagner they cleared or did they also clear all of the MSNBC hosts and hostesses
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posted on
09/28/2013 5:45:35 AM PDT
by
Tupelo
(There are no Republicans or Democrats in Washington. Just Millionaires protecting their turf.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
More bolshevik nomenclatura living the high life at our expense.
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posted on
09/28/2013 5:48:54 AM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
If it was any other faux news service other than MSNBC I might see a conflict, but MSNBC is a Democrat National Committee function anyway. What difference can it make to them. They are not a legitimate news source.
I see no conflict with MSNBC’s message.
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posted on
09/28/2013 5:56:42 AM PDT
by
Venturer
( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
There is the revolving door of
at least 21 former journalists who have transitioned into official Obama Administration gigs.
Then there is this listing of some of the other Obama-Officials/Media romantic or familial ties:
Washington Post: Family Relations Between Media, Obama Officials Does Not Affect Coverage
- ABC News President Ben Sherwood, who is the brother of Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, a top national-security adviser to President Obama.
- His counterpart at CBS, news division president David Rhodes, is the brother of Benjamin Rhodes, a key foreign-policy specialist.
- CNNs deputy Washington bureau chief, Virginia Moseley, is married to Tom Nides, who until earlier this year was deputy secretary of state under Hillary Rodham Clinton.
- White House press secretary Jay Carneys wife is Claire Shipman, a veteran reporter for ABC.
- NPRs White House correspondent, Ari Shapiro, is married to a lawyer, Michael Gottlieb, who joined the White House counsels office in April.
- The Posts Justice Department reporter, Sari Horwitz, is married to William B. Schultz, the general counsel of the Department of Human Services.
- [VP] Bidens current communications director, Shailagh Murray (a former Post congressional reporter), is married to Neil King, one of the Wall Street Journals top political reporters.
... to which we can now add MSNBC host Alex Wagner and her impending marriage to Sam Kaas, the Executive Director of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Lets Move!" initiative.
The Lame Stream Media has two objectives:
- Maintain the ignorance of the Obama electorate.
- Queue up to lick the crap from Obama's boots each time he steps in it.
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posted on
09/28/2013 7:42:46 AM PDT
by
Amagi
(God Save the Republic.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Isn’t Marxism wonderful?
Pray America is waking up
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posted on
09/28/2013 8:06:07 AM PDT
by
bray
(Coming soon: The Republic of Texas 2022)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
We should at least be grateful that it's a heterosexual mariage
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posted on
09/28/2013 8:52:05 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Benghazi investigation update: "The plot thickens, like Hillary Clinton's ankles.." (longfellow")
To: governsleastgovernsbest
There really isn’t a conflict because MSNBC is in the bag for Obama, anyway. Michelle Obama wouldn’t be criticized by MSNBC if this marriage took place or not. MSNBC is a collection of socialists, idiots, race-pimps, gays, and misfits.
To: Pollster1; governsleastgovernsbest
Why would anyone think there was a conflict? MSNBC and Lets Move have the same mission. Precisely what I was thinking.
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