Posted on 04/29/2011 6:13:02 AM PDT by Robert Drobot
The hip, transparent and social media-loving Obama administration is showing its analog roots. And maybe even some hypocrisy highlights.
White House officials have banished one of the best political reporters in the country from the approved pool of journalists covering presidential visits to the Bay Area for using now-standard multimedia tools to gather the news.
The Chronicle's Carla Marinucci - who, like many contemporary reporters, has a phone with video capabilities on her at all times - pulled out a small video camera last week and shot some protesters interrupting an Obama fundraiser at the St. Regis Hotel.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
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“If you voted for Hopey McChange in 2008 to prove that you were not a racist, you will have to vote for someone else in 2012 to prove that you are not an idiot.”
One more time. It’s not wrong if they do it. Also, only they get to use the word CENSORSHIP in the headlines. Also see http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-the-journalist-prom-got-out-of-control/2011/04/28/AFla9PCF_story.html?hpid=z5 media hob nobs not reports. Duh.
He’ll probably win another transparency award for this and maybe a nobel prize.
If a left wing nut job guns down some anti-Obama protesters in the next few weeks, can we blame the tragedy on this reporters inflammatory choice of words?
I have no idea. You would think they would have included that in the article.
“Protesters.” How’s that for vague?
This is why he can’t resist the urge to control the entire Internet.
That was the lamest “protest” I’ve ever seen. They got up and sang The Won a little song about freeing Bradley Manning, the Wikileaker. Dawww, ain’t that sweet.
The White House dumped a pool reporter over filming THAT? That’s not a protest, that’s a skit. He stayed cool and even thanked them afterward! It’s not like he had three hundred Tea Partiers up in his grill or anything.
What a bunch of Communist control freaks. And the sheep media just baaaas right along behind them. If the Bush WH had done this, it’d be pushing the royal wedding off CNN right now!
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If we are going to have a dictator, why couldn’t we have a real one like Putin? You know, one who actually looks out for the interests of his country?
(I’m not sure whether or not to put a sarc tag on this comment).
Other sources confirmed that Carla was vanquished, including Chronicle editor Ward Bushee, who said he was “informed that Carla was removed as a pool reporter.” Which shouldn’t be a secret in any case because it’s a fact that affects the newsgathering of our largest regional paper (and sfgate)and how local citizens get their information.
What’s worse: more than a few journalists familiar with this story are aware of some implied threats from the White House of additional and wider punishment if Carla’s spanking became public. Really? That’s a heavy hand usually reserved for places other than the land of the free.
But bravery is a challenge, in particular for White House correspondents, most of whom are seasoned and capable journalists. They live a little bit in a gilded cage where they have access to the most powerful man in the world but must obey the rules whether they make sense or not.
CBS News reporter, Mark Knoller, has publicly protested the limited press access to Obama fundraisers, calling the policy “inconsistent.” “It’s no way to do business,” wrote Politico’s Julie Mason, “especially [for] a candidate who prides himself on transparency.”
Without the manipulation of the internet sites like You Tube, Facebook and the MSM, I can assure you, that POS would not be squatting in the WH right now. He knows he cannot win sh*t without manipulation and control of the sheeple.
I seem to remember a few reporters getting in hot water for asking "improper" questions during the election. For someone who CONTROLS his image as much as Barry does, who can be surprised?
Totalitarians cannot face criticism. They must control the image.
Remember that Obama smokes.
He’s a media creation. What we know about him is a dim mist that coalesces around narcissistic Marxist anti-colonialism.
He’s not who he pretends to be. He isn’t the uberman, but a clerk, a useful, obedient clerk.
Not frightening, status quo and the real face of Progressivism.
All animals are equal, but some animals...
Putin runs russia.
Putin is russian.
baraq runs the US
baraq is ?
Very much so. He thinks he's Hugo Chavez.
2012 can't come quick enough.
This is oppresion. But the media can’t see that.
You would think that someone in the democrat party media would be thinking that this is a direct violation of the 1st ammendment.
Wanna bet they just roll over and take it?
After seeing TV coverage of every appearance by Code Pinkos or Cindy Sheehan for eight years, now the message that Obama is being protested by his Leftist supporters has to be hidden from public view.
But, just as the fax machine helped end the Soviet Union, camera phones will get the message out, and no White House can stop it.
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