Posted on 06/16/2009 11:27:38 AM PDT by FromLori
I'm not sure I believe this.
Credit to Drudge of course, but reproduced here as Matt's "smoking gun" page gets changed from time to time, and this one is too important to let slip beyond the inevitable 30-second-long public attention span.
As far as I am aware this has never happened before in any administration - Democrat or Republican.
A free and independent press is one of the legs on which all representative governments rest. If we have lost it, The American Experiment's remaining time is short indeed.
UPDATED: I have personally authenticated the purported letter from the RNC via a phone call to their national headquarters. They have verbally confirmed it and promised to send me written confirmation by email.
ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA; NEWS TO BE ANCHORED FROM INSIDE WHITE HOUSE Tue Jun 16 2009 08:45:10 ET
On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care -- a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm!
Highlights on the agenda:
ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from the Blue Room of the White House.
The network plans a primetime special -- 'Prescription for America' -- originating from the East Room, exclude opposing voices on the debate.
MORE
Late Monday night, Republican National Committee Chief of Staff Ken McKay fired off a complaint to the head of ABCNEWS:
Dear Mr. Westin:
As the national debate on health care reform intensifies, I am deeply concerned and disappointed with ABC's astonishing decision to exclude opposing voices on this critical issue on June 24, 2009. Next Wednesday, ABC News will air a primetime health care reform “town hall” at the White House with President Barack Obama. In addition, according to an ABC News report, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, WORLD NEWS, NIGHTLINE and ABC’s web news “will all feature special programming on the president’s health care agenda.” This does not include the promotion, over the next 9 days, the president’s health care agenda will receive on ABC News programming.
Today, the Republican National Committee requested an opportunity to add our Party's views to those of the President's to ensure that all sides of the health care reform debate are presented. Our request was rejected. I believe that the President should have the ability to speak directly to the America people. However, I find it outrageous that ABC would prohibit our Party's opposing thoughts and ideas from this national debate, which affects millions of ABC viewers.
In the absence of opposition, I am concerned this event will become a glorified infomercial to promote the Democrat agenda. If that is the case, this primetime infomercial should be paid for out of the DNC coffers. President Obama does not hold a monopoly on health care reform ideas or on free airtime. The President has stated time and time again that he wants a bipartisan debate. Therefore, the Republican Party should be included in this primetime event, or the DNC should pay for your airtime.
Respectfully, Ken McKay Republican National Committee Chief of Staff
Complete insanity.
Fixed
A free press and free speech are soon to be just memories as Obama creates a White House run Ministry of Propaganda.
All I am waiting for is Obama’s version of Kristallnacht and for the Capital build to be set on fire and the “American Fuher’s” rise will be complete.
I think we all complain to the FCC and challenge the local licenses of their affiliates.
Dangerous precedent. However, if the PUBS had done this, the liberal leftist media would contain hue & cry that there would have been a revolution. But the RATS get a free pass. The 1st amendment is being annihilated by mainstream media in subordinating itself to the demoncRATS. Never thought I’d ever see this happen. Hitler’s Nazis propaganda has been resurrected.
I had that story on the blog great picture on it if you want to put it on I can never figure out how to do that lol it always comes out with one of those little boxes with an x instead of the picture. Its the obama morph into hitler pic seemed so appropriate.
Is it time to storm the Bastille yet?
the first amendment stops the government from destroying freedom of the press, it does not stop the press from doing it willingly themselves.
Eight days and counting until showtime.
Let’s just hope that O’Reilly, Hannity, Beck, Limbaugh, et al, get all over this.
Fox News reaches more people than the left wing networks combined. So let’s break out the popcorn and see what happens.
ABC is DISGUSTING! ABC may as well be headquartered in IRAN!
I have a sinking feeling there really will not be anything anyone can do.
lol thank you it fits doesn’t it?
“A free press and free speech are soon to be just memories as Obama creates a White House run Ministry of Propaganda.”
Should that not be CZAR??
Lovely.
And to think I chuckled at Rush when he used the term “State Run Media”...
Its like a bad dream black is white now.
http://www.businessinsider.com/gop-obama-gets-infomercial-on-abc-to-plug-healthcare-plan-2009-6
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