Posted on 08/04/2014 5:12:40 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
The FBI is hiring a contractor to grade news stories about the agency as “positive” “neutral” or “negative,” but the agency won’t say why officials need the information or what they plan to do with it.
FBI officials wouldn’t even reveal how they will go about assigning the grades, which were laid out in a recent contract solicitation. The contract tells potential bidders to “use their judgment” in scoring news coverage as part of a new “daily news briefing” service the agency is seeking as part of a contract that could last up to five years.
The move is reminiscent of a similar effort the Obama administration made to grade media coverage of its response to the BP oil spill. A separate defense contract rating reporters’ work was scrapped in 2009.
In a statement of work, the agency says its public affairs office needs a contractor to help monitor “breaking news, editorials, long-form journalism projects and the larger public conversation about law enforcement.”
But the lack of clear public methods and goals raises “troubling questions,” said Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northwestern University.
“You would certainly worry this could affect access,” he said. “It might affect the way they’re going to approach your questions, whether they’re going to be extra careful not to make news if you’re on the ‘bad list.’”
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H0lder more than offsets any positive actions of the FBI; now or in the past.
Formation of an Electronic Nomenklatura.
Interesting, how recently arcane Soviet jargon is newly useful, isn’t it?
Better polish up on GULAG, etc.
The sooner Obama is out of office, the better for America - if there is an America left!
It gets worse every day.
What I want to know is which one of Obama’s buddies got the contract to provide these services ?
Same company that made the ACA website ?
Just the Kenyan wasting more taxpayer money. Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. already did this.
1. constructs enormous secret bat-cave under the White House
2. builds up huge inexplicable reserve of ammo
3. creates DHS army of occupation, spies on all email, texts, etc.
4. socializes medicine
5. opens borders
6. politically evaluates all publications, assigns “friend/foe” metrics
Well, perception is reality.
Like Waco. Was that ATF or FBI effin up orrrrrrr, were you both murderers?
Ruby Ridge? Outta control mobsters or moral and upright men?
The investigation into OKC? Complete, full and forthcoming or are you seen as an organization willing to suppress and skip over certain information for a variety reasons, none of which would be acceptable to the American citizenry?
JFK? Fkeen puhleeze! Magic bullets?
Shoot a man in the mellon from behind and his won’t follow trajectory and force?
A pristine bullet laying next to his corpse? Why? Lans and grooves but, no deformation?
Well, all that is just so...explainable and believable too, like monkeys flying out my azz.
So rate my post. I don’t think you are as honorable as I once thought.
Then again, I’m not a child anymore.
Thnx Joe Frauday. You are a political organization.
The oncer venerable, and untouchable, FBI, must, MUST, be really making attempts to re-evaluate itself, in the light of so many published ‘fubars’, since becoming one of the many red-headed stepchildren, under the umbrella of DHS.
They can’t seem to bag the bad guys, but are more than willing, and happy, to harass, interrogate, and imprison Americans.
I don’t have any problem with the Bat Cave.
The rest is unAmerican.
Get me Hoover on the line STAT!
This is a scary short jump to full fledged news control.
The FBI is now officially a criminal organization.
Sounds like J. Edgar is back in charge.
What’s with all the advertising on radio by and about FBI?
LOL!
Wire the hotel San Francisco. ..
It's what totalitarian regimes do.
The government is now tracking how the press writes and speaks about the government.
I can only wish to be as erudite and composed (as Paladin - TV version).
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