Posted on 07/13/2007 5:07:23 AM PDT by PurpleMan
"The stated mission of the Public Affairs office is to provide accurate information to the media and the public. But Smith’s aim seems to be to turn his office into a political spin operation that serves the White House."
(Excerpt) Read more at harpers.org ...
Just think, politcal people appointed to political positions! The scandal!
Reporters remining anonymous! How brave!
Oye
“into what one reporter called “an in-house propaganda rag.”
Look who is talking our news is constantly being Dan Rather’d byt the MSM.
Reporters want to be able to spin anything their way, make it anti Bush, anti war, anti everything. But when the other side tries the same tactic, they hate it and yell to the high heavens. Tough s*** dingbats.
I find their snipping at Smith to absolutely infantile.
What? Bow-Tie Ken Bacon wasn’t a Clinton hack?
So he hasn’t given a press conference? Big effin’ deal. Ya think he might just be empowering the many other people who work in DoD public affairs? What a novel concept. The poor Pentagon reporters. have to walk around and ask questions. Poor babies.
See? I’ve gotten myself started.
“in-house propaganda rag”
That’s right. The NYT, WaPo, LATimes,Trib USAT, etc, etc are the paper used exclusively for the outhouse
“That’s right. The NYT, WaPo, LATimes,Trib USAT, etc, etc are the paper used exclusively for the outhouse”
why in god’s green earth would you even use them there. Good grief, get yourself some corn cobbs.
“Why in god’s green earth would you even use them there.”
I don’t use them. Graduated to indore plumbing years ago
“outdore”
Eye obvliviously whent too scule inn Maryland. Sheesh
The real reason for the hit piece is in the opening line:
“Dorrance Smith, a former ABC News producer...”
He’s left them and go to the “dark side.” If it was the other way he would be hailed as an informed insider pundit.
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