Posted on 11/30/2013 11:16:56 PM PST by grundle
T.J. HOLMES, SUBSTITUTE HOST: Bob, you covered the White House for a long time. You’ve been around, and you were shaking your head there the whole time and wanting to chime in. What is it?
BOB FRANKEN, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST: Well, let's use the "P" word here. This is propaganda when it comes from the White House: government covering the government. It’s not what you’re supposed to do in the United States of America. But we have an administration, every president gets to the point where he dislikes the press. It’s that simple. And every administration tries to manipulate the press. But this is the most hostile to the media that has been in United States history. Not only do we have this thing where they’re…
HOLMES: Wait, you would go that far?
FRANKEN: I would go that far.
HOLMES: The most hostile in history?
FRANKEN: The most hostile because first of all, we have the situation where they are in fact shutting out the press. And by the way, when they say you can't have every photographer in, they know full-well that there's a thing called a pool, which is to say you have one representative from each of the media that represents all of them and shares the pictures and the sound and all that kind of thing. So that's totally disingenuous, which is a polite word.
But the reason I say most hostile is because of the Justice Department moves that they've made against the press. Obviously they have a contempt for the journalistic process. Those of us who are in journalism, of course, believe that it is vital if you're going to have informed electorate as opposed to one that’s been propagandized.
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Amazing they would allow this to go out over the MSNBC cable-waves.
Before we jump off a cliff, remember that Bob Franken was a CNN reporter during Desert Storm, so he is not some thirty something making his bones on MSNBC.
And yet, they still provide their support. Seems a little like Stockholm syndrome, doesn’t it?
JoMa
Or, after the whole AP wiretapping story, more like Battered Wife Syndrome.
Such as?
“Getting to the heart of the issue, the media photogs have discovered that their propaganda can’t compete with White House propaganda. You can’t outpropogandaize someone who is already an employee. They could still compete by taking compelling realistic or unflattering photos of The One. It would give them leverage of the only kind that the likes of Valerie Jarrett understand. But instead they’re whining that their role as unofficial propagandists has been usurped by official propagandists.” Daniel Greenfield
MSNBC Guest: Media ‘Most Hostile to Conservatives in U.S. History’
When the Democrat Party comes to absolute power, no media outlet will survive. Arrests, hangings and disappearances will be the new normal.
Yes Dr. Frankenstein, you have created a monster...
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