When asked by Holmes to elaborate further, Franken specifically called out the Obama White House for recent issues theyve had with regards to official photography. According to Franken, the administrations actions equate exactly to shutting out the press, an argument hinted at in the recent letter signed by the likes of the AP and others. Shortly after, though, Franken called into question other media snafus spawned by this administration in order to qualify the Obama presidency as the most hostile ever to journalists.
To: sevinufnine
But the reason I say most hostile, continued Franken, is because of the Justice Department moves that they’ve made against the press. Obviously they have a contempt for the journalistic process. Those of us who are in journalism, of course, believe that it is vital if you’re going to have informed electorate as opposed to one thats been propagandized.
Indeed, the latest episode pitting the White House against the nations media establishment is not the only one to scar the administration, not even in the last year. In May it was revealed that the Department of Justice was conducting surveillance targeting AP journalists, and soon after it was made public that Fox News reporter James Rosen was being monitored as well.
2 posted on
12/03/2013 12:05:17 PM PST by
sevinufnine
(A moderately bad man knows he is not very good. A thoroughly bad man thinks he's alright. C.S. Lewis)
To: sevinufnine
Most hostile to Americans.
3 posted on
12/03/2013 12:07:14 PM PST by
Old Yeller
(Obama: A dark spot in this country's history.)
To: sevinufnine
It isn’t hostility. You don’t expect lap dogs to do anything but what they’re told.
To: sevinufnine; GeronL
How will the historians react when their tongues are free to wag without repercussion from the Obama administration (post 2016)?
How will the public react to the news that the media remained silent (they were not so quiet about Boosh)?
There is no objectivity in reporting. It is partisan. Strictly partisan.
To: sevinufnine
Have they no self respect?
8 posted on
12/03/2013 12:12:11 PM PST by
sickoflibs
(Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
To: sevinufnine
U.S. journalists, like all leftards, will lick the boot which kicks them just as comfortably as they will bite the hand which feeds them.
9 posted on
12/03/2013 12:18:42 PM PST by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: sevinufnine
WOW.
We never knew! ! ! ! ! !(and still don't)
11 posted on
12/03/2013 12:29:17 PM PST by
DeaconRed
(Back to FUBO Simple like ZERO)
To: sevinufnine
They don’t like each other, but they still sleep together.
14 posted on
12/03/2013 1:09:58 PM PST by
lurk
To: sevinufnine
15 posted on
12/03/2013 1:16:42 PM PST by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: sevinufnine
The Journalists must be into Sado-Masochism then, because no matter what Obama does to them, they bend over and spread their cheeks for more.
Obama spits in their faces and they love it.
Fetish Freaks.
16 posted on
12/03/2013 1:19:19 PM PST by
Venturer
(Keep Obama and you aint seen nothing yet.)
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