Posted on 10/22/2009 6:52:07 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
SLAM!! The White House got a major league bitch slap today as it tried to escalate its censorship of Fox News but received no cooperation from the other networks. On today's special report host Bret Bair told the story of Obama's foolishness (see video below).
"Today there was an announcement by the administration," Baier said. "They were putting out the pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, as we showed you earlier for the White House pool - that Feinberg would be doing a round-robin interviews with the five-network pool that covers the White House - basically shares the costs and the daily coverage duties of covering the president.
The press pool is made up of the 5 major news organizations including CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX. FOX has been a member of the White House press pool since 1997.
Officials invited the entire press corps to the round robin interview process with the express exception of FOX News. The Washington Bureau Chiefs of all of the 5 major networks consulted. The group agreed that if FOX were not allowed to participate, that they would boycott the interview with Feinberg in protest.
Take THAT Mr President. You have damaged your personal credibility, but worse you have damaged the office which you hold.
Charles Krauthammer warns the president that Fox News President Roger Ailes doesn't scare easily, even with a POTUS who uses Nixonian Tactics:
(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...
Make no mistake. This has everything to do with controlling what the people hear and see. Fox, along with talk radio is the one of the last battles in the war for communist control of this country. They finally have control of the government, now they simply have to silence their opposition.
America is waking up to the Obama Maoist circle jerk of friends and the rejection phase is starting.
I predict Obama will be lower in popularity by the end of his first year than Bush was after 8 yrs.
The press corps can ruin him as quickly as they made him. Obama better watch his step.
A Fox in the White House’s Head:
http://www.brayincandy.com/id179.html
Pray for America and Our Troops
how very right you are.
Especially since they are realizing Obie is a one term wonder. What goes around, comes around.
The MSM must be in a deep quandry
They got this fool elected
They see what he really is and know if the country tanks big time they go with it BUT they haven’t the faintest idea how to rectify the situation since Biden is just as wacked out
Only possibility I can see is that they try and resurrect the Clintons especially Hillary
Problem is we are in a deep recession and they are having their own $$$$ worries and probably can be bribed with bailout $$$$
If we survive it will be a miracle
Dayum. The press is standing up for the bill of rights? A free press and free speech. Now, I’m impressed.
Perhaps now, the MSM will start exposing Zero’s treason and We The People can demand his impeachment.
Burn!
They risk losing that thin veil of objectivity if they are seen as the official networks of the US Gov’t. Imagine if the public looks at a press conference and believes that every single reporter has the stamp of the government. Even this is an albatross he MSM can’t have.
Yep, that will happen right after they admit they were wrong about Bush, renounce socialism, Obama cuts taxes, and unicorns come galloping out of a rainbow.
I missed THAT part of the story!
You had me up to “incompetent”. Should have ended it right there.
The MSM media has seen this before with Nixon. Obummer picked the wrong fight here. Over confidence.....bites ya in the ass every time.
I detect a media “bailout” in the very near future...
Hope the tide is turning on him...He is really making people mad as hell.
PBS went with him.
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