The Van Jones (non) feeding frenzy

Washington Examiner ^ | 9/4/09 | Byron York

[pissant]

From a Nexis search a few moments ago:

Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the New York Times: 0.

Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the Washington Post: 0.

Total words about the Van Jones controversy on NBC Nightly News: 0.

Total words about the Van Jones controversy on ABC World News: 0.

Total words about the Van Jones controversy on CBS Evening News: 0.

If you were to receive all your news from any one of these outlets, or even all of them together, and you heard about some sort of controversy involving President Obama's Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, your response would be, "Huh?" If you heard that that adviser, Van Jones, had apologized for a number of remarks and positions in the recent past, your response would be, "What?" And if you were in the Obama White House monitoring the Jones situation, you would be hoping that the news organizations listed above continue to hold the line -- otherwise, Jones, who is quite well thought of in Obama circles, would be history.

[nufsed]

...............predictable, yet still amazing!

[denydenydeny]

But what about Levi?

Good point. The MSM finds stories about some white trash 18 year old who knocked up his girlfriend, the daughter of a former public official, eminently newsworthy.

But a person who's paid a six-figure federal salary and has essentially unlimited executive power over his sector of the American economy? Not a story.

[denydenydeny]

Finally, CNN just had a segment on Van Jones. The panels concensus is he needs to resign or be fired.

But of course the loyal CNN viewer must be puzzled as to why Jones would need to resign, given the total lack of coverage he's been given on CNN up to now.

[yongin]

This morning, CNN did run a story about Van Jones. In predictable fashion, CNN made Glen Beck the villian for taking things out of context.