The media’s response was embarrassing to them. They should be ashamed to call themselves journalists. Maybe, journOlist, but definitely not journalists.
the mainstream news media is the fourth branch of government
That all depends upon which of the standard practices you apply:
1. Standard Media Ethics for Conservatives
2. Standard Media Ethics for Democrats
I strongly suspect that it is the Secret Service intervening in this case. Their resources to protect in Oaxaca are not so great that they could not be overwhelmed by a large enough force. And there are a number of such forces in Mexico.
However, if this is the case they should have intervened from the start to tell Obama that Mexico is pretty much a no-go as far as recreation. If it is to Mexico City for official business, that is okay, because there would be Mexican security in addition. But tourism? Bad idea.
This being said, if Obama insisted, they only thing they could do would try and “soft pedal” the publicity surrounding the visit. Hopefully the vacation would be over before the bad guys could get their act together.
Malia was in Oaxaca where there was a 7.6 earthquake today. Does anyone think the media will “scrub” the story?
And now michele’s press secretary has put out a statement..awww.
Malia is fine....from her ‘SCHOOL TRIP’ in Mexico.
It went from vacation (not allowed to be reported on) to a ‘school trip’ in a country the State Dept warned Americans not to go..
Weird how that all works, eh?
I don’t care if she is in Mexico or whatever. I do care if she is using our money.
She was wearing a T-shirt with a large broken cross on the front.
Malia? Is that an Islamic name? I would have thought he would have called his daughters something like “Marxia” or “Leninia” or “Stalinia”.
Malia? Is that an Islamic name? I would have thought he would have called his daughters something like “Marxia” or “Leninia” or “Stalinia”.
It is perfectly obvious to me that they are more concerned about the “optics” of this trip than they are the safety of this child.
Who paid for this trip?
It could also be proof that they have done it before. If the command was "scrub the internet of truth about Barack-Barry Obama", many of the "journalists" did exactly as they were told.
MEDIA ETHIC’S !!!
Those words don’t even belong together.....Kinna like:
Military Intelligence
Jumbo Shrimp
Business Ethics
STUPID SH!T !!!
I think this story is great! It draws a sharp relief to how the media treated the Bush twins, and how they treated the Palin children.
The Bush Twins were under a microscope - the media didn’t give them any privacy. If Obama’s daughter takes a trip to Mexico with Secret Service at taxpayer expense then we have a right to know about it. If security was such an over-riding concern then she shouldn’t have gone. As for the MSM, yet another example of their increasingly large and hypocritical double-standard.
When they are traveling on my DIME I want a full report 24/7! These morons are thieves!
The weird part is that a few hours after the scrub a 7.6 earthquake hit a 100 miles away and even with the 24/7 news cycle noone is mentioning that Malia was 100 miles away from the earthquake.
“Media Ethics” - seems a bit like “Jumbo Shrimp” or pick your favorite oxymoron.
“Did Media Follow Journalistic Ethics in Covering Malias Mexico Trip? “
Huh? What?
“The decision to remove them, she says, could potentially lead to public distrust.”
Er, that horse ran out of the barn decades ago.