Posted on 09/11/2012 5:08:24 PM PDT by moneyrunner
Vanity Fair writer Michael Lewis agreed to allow the White House to approve the quotations he used from President Barack Obama in his story about the president in this month's magazine.
"Like other journalists who write about Washington and presidential politics, Mr. Lewis said that he had to submit to the widespread but rarely disclosed practice of quote approval," reports the New York Times.
I venture to guess that during the Stalin administration the writers at Pravda could probably say the same thing. They agreed with their leader and knew what to write without much supervision. Or they would not have been hired in the first place. Occasionally the censors would make a few changes, but Michael Lewis would not feel out of place.
Thanks moneyrunner.
I am certain that our wonderful Main Stream Media - maximal Examplars of Objectivity and Paragons of Impartiality extended precisely the same courtesy to George W. Bush.
You had me at quote approval....
Can anyone tell me why every GOP pol isn’t on TV right now demanding that they be given the same option?
Seriously, they need to cut the throat of the MSM by saying that they expect the same treatment going forward. And driving the point home for the next 2 months.
If the practice is so “widespread” how come I’ve never heard of it except for the Soviets and pResident Øbozo?
Excellent! I’m gonna steal that.
Yes, and Henry Payne is the Rush Limbaugh.
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