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Sharyl Attkisson: Team Obama is having "chilling effect" on media
The Washington Times ^ | April 14, 2014 | Cheryl K. Chumley

Posted on 04/14/2014 8:19:38 AM PDT by Biggirl

The Obama White House, for all its talk about openness and transparency, is hardly in the business of promoting openness and transparency in government — and is way worse when it comes to clamping down on the media than previous administrations, Sharyl Attkisson said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: attkisson; chillingaffect; fascism; mediabias; obama; waronwomen

1 posted on 04/14/2014 8:19:38 AM PDT by Biggirl
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2 posted on 04/14/2014 8:28:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Biggirl

The media are in the back pocket of Obama, and don’t even try to hide it anymore.

Chris Mathews openly asked for his marching orders during the 2012 campaign. He was openly critical of the president’s first debate performance of 2012, as if he personally felt let down by the president’s efforts in that debate. Mathews is supposed to be covering the news, not openly rooting for one side.

And we all remember “Gay Marriage Week”, don’t we? I couldn’t believe how the media fell all over themselves, when Obama came out for homosexual marriage. They did puff pieces on Obama and his decision for an entire week.


3 posted on 04/14/2014 8:34:19 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (Im)
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To: BenLurkin

can’t have a chilling effect when they want to be chilled


4 posted on 04/14/2014 8:39:20 AM PDT by SPRINK
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Not in Miami...the newspapers, local radio and tv, even the local cultural icons are knee deep in Obama WORSHIP.


5 posted on 04/14/2014 8:40:19 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Mathews is supposed to be covering the news, not openly rooting for one side.

Not so. Mathews is a "commentator", a la Sean Hannity. They are free to adopt a partisan viewpoint.

News "reporters" are the ones who must remain objective and non-partisan.

6 posted on 04/14/2014 8:40:45 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media -- IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: Biggirl

I don’t understand why they don’t just tell those Administration Political Hacks to go shove it. Oh, I forgot that the top guys at the Mainstream Media outlets are married to or related those White House Political Hacks.


7 posted on 04/14/2014 8:46:43 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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So much, for "THE FREE PRE$$"

8 posted on 04/14/2014 8:48:08 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: Biggirl

The media is fearful of reporting the truth.


9 posted on 04/14/2014 8:55:09 AM PDT by Old Yeller (In Latin, the word sinister means left. Which is appropriate for left-wingers.)
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.....So they are leaving it to the “new media.”


10 posted on 04/14/2014 8:56:07 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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11 posted on 04/14/2014 8:56:56 AM PDT by null and void (The British declared war on the Tea Party. The Tea Party won! (Thanks mom!))
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For this it is why we have a “new media”.


12 posted on 04/14/2014 8:58:21 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Biggirl

Crickets from Leftists and various Leftists rights organizations.


13 posted on 04/14/2014 8:58:36 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: SPRINK

Chilled if you count goose bumps up and down their spine when the One speaks.


14 posted on 04/14/2014 9:09:24 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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“All ye lowly, collateral-damaged, Feudal Serfs bow down to thine arrogant Feudal Lords at the Bureau of Feudal Land Management, (BFLM), who own the land beneath thy worthless feet!”

Commune-Style Obamantion is now the Law of the Land, - - - - FOREVER!

FORWARD!


15 posted on 04/14/2014 9:36:26 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Yep!


16 posted on 04/14/2014 9:50:58 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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