Posted on 12/24/2014 12:26:42 PM PST by Nachum
A new congressional report on the IRS persecution of conservative groups in the run-up to the 2012 election? Nothing to see here, the New York Times' headline blared. Both the paper's headline writer and reporter David Joachim set the bar sky-high for anti-Obama scandal, using the evident lack of a smoking gun linking IRS persecution to the White House as an excuse to completely dismiss the scandal in a rather brief story, no matter what "strident" Rep. Darrell Issa, the Republican who chaired the hearings, might think. The Washington Post was little better.
Joachim's story was buried on page A13 of Wednesday's Christmas Eve edition of the Times: "Inquiry Into I.R.S. Lapses Shows No Links to White House."
An 18-month congressional investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s mistreatment of conservative political groups seeking tax exemptions failed to show coordination between agency officials and political operatives in the White House, according to a report released on Tuesday.
The I.R.S. has admitted that before the 2012 election it inappropriately delayed approval of tax exemption applications by groups affiliated with the Tea Party movement, but the I.R.S. and its parent agency, the Treasury Department, have said that the errors were not motivated by partisanship.
Republican lawmakers, dismissing the Obama administration’s denials, have suggested that the delays were not only politically motivated but also orchestrated by the White House.
Some of the most strident comments have come from Representative Darrell Issa, Republican of California and the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, which has issued subpoenas to compel testimony from administration officials and held a series of tumultuous hearings on the I.R.S. scandal.
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What proof do they have?
Thanks, Issa, you INCOMPETENT Chairman!!! ALL TALK.
I hate to break this to you, but he is far from incompetent, he knew exactly what he was doing, he is Complicit, in other words he, Issa, like the Entire Leadership is just plain EVIL.
The IRS did not use nuclear weapons either. So it was OK.
The HEADLINE was reason enough NOT to read the article.
Lerner’s “recently discovered” emails haven’t even been read yet so how can any conclusions be reached?
Yep, the GOP will look the other way. They’re full of bluster and bravado but in the final analysis they’re reluctant to hold anyone accountable for anything. The GOP is an utter failure.
Now it's "Well, the IRS certainly cheated in the elections and Obama did nothing to stop it, but at least there's no memo signed by him ordering them to cheat".
Great summary of this corruption. +1
The liberal media does more harm to our first amendment than North Korea could ever do.
They keep lowering the bar.
Now it’s “Well, the IRS certainly cheated in the elections and Obama did nothing to stop it, but at least there’s no memo signed by him ordering them to cheat”.
The official response of the administration and Democrat Party: “Can we help it if what they did benefitted us? Hey!”
I heard 25% of NY Times were homosexual. Is that the same at Washington Post?
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