Posted on 05/22/2013 8:18:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Obama "selective appreciation" of the First Amendment is on full display again. Check out your neighborhood music store because the dark side of "hope and change" has just been released.
It's hard to believe that there is anybody out there still caught up in the "hope and change" farce. Yes, it was always a farce and the last two weeks confirm it.
We learned that James Rosen of FOX News was the DOJ's latest target:
"The Fox News Channel is outraged over new revelations that three of its reporting staffers were targeted by the U.S. Department of Justice in criminal investigations related to their attempts to obtain information from government sources."
Add to this the IRS targeting conservative groups, going after AP phone records, intimidating whistle-blowers over Benghazi & "Fast & Furious" and you have an administration with very "thin skin."
At the end of the day, the Obama administration does not like reporters, whistle-blowers or anyone who challenges their narrative.
However, a free press is part of an open society. In fact, this is why many of us criticized the media over the last couple of years. We felt that the media was "in the tank for Obama" and not doing its job of challenging those in power, whether there is a "D or R" after their names.
For example, I was extremely critical of Spanish media reporters who would not challenge President Obama's talking points about immigration.
In other words, President Obama was allowed by Spanish speaking media reporters to get away with blaming the GOP despite having Democrat majorities to vote up and down on a reform.
Of course, President Obama's selective interpretaion of the First Amendment did not start in May 2013. The seeds for this were planted a few years ago.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Translation: Obama is afraid of the “new media”.
On the first page of our story
The future seemed so bright
Then this thing turned out so evil I
don’t know why I’m still surprised
Even angels have their wicked schemes
And you take that to new extremes
But you’ll always be my hero
Even though you’ve lost your mind
[Chorus]
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
But that’s all right because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry
But that’s all right because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
Ohhh, I love the way you lie
Yet the “new media” is what Obama is scare of.
A free press is part of an open society. For now he has 3.5 years LEFT.
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