White House boasts: We 'control' news media

[red states rule]

Like the Obama drones, Ms Dunn is drunk on the Obama Kool Aid as well with the power


White House boasts: We 'control' news media
Communications chief offers shocking confession to foreign government

Posted: October 18, 2009
7:11 pm Eastern


TEL AVIV – President Obama's presidential campaign focused on "making" the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was "controlled," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference.

"Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control," said Dunn.

"One of the reasons we did so many of the David Plouffe videos was not just for our supporters, but also because it was a way for us to get our message out without having to actually talk to reporters," said Dunn, referring to Plouffe, who was Obama's chief campaign manager.

"We just put that out there and made them write what Plouffe had said as opposed to Plouffe doing an interview with a reporter. So it was very much we controlled it as opposed to the press controlled it," Dunn said.


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[Insein]

Verifying what we already knew.

[red states rule]

Fox News ,will not be treated as a news organization but far-left MSNBC is treated with respect and admiration

When government officails are this publicly arrogant, their downfall is not far away

[red states rule]

This is very refreshing, a liberal reporter telling us what we already now

Mika: With One Exception, Every CBS Reporter, Director, Anchor A Liberal

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[-Cp]

White House boasts: We 'control' news media
Communications chief offers shocking confession to foreign government


http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=113347

[sgtdmski]

And this is why they spent the Sunday circuit attacking Fox news, because they don't control it and it is just pissing them off. What better way to ostracize a network. If you don't put on what we want you to put on, you won't come on your show.

Truthfully, I don't mind, this way I don't have to listen to them.

dmk

[Jeff]

Wouldn't it be great if the White House actually did something besides try and control shit they ought to be leaving alone, :eek: This administration hasn't done not one single thing except what we all thought was just a scary thought 10 years ago

[Binky]

Nothing new here. Same old crapola, just a different day......

[Kathianne]

I merged while at school, before I could post a kid came up to my desk.

[-Cp]

I already posted this here:
http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?t=24904

[Kathianne]

I already posted this here:
http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?t=24904

That link takes me to RSR's, which was posted early this morning. Yours was later. The posts are time stamped, which is why yours falls below his.

[red states rule]

Fox News is the ONLY news netowrk actually doing their job. They were the only ones reporting on Van Jones, ACORN, and the waste and pork in the so called stimulus bill - to name a few

The Obama administration loves MSNBC, CNN, and the networks since it would never occur to them to ask any hard questions at a WH press conference except how is Obama dealing with the "slanted and biased" coverage of Fox News?

[sgtdmski]

Once again it all goes back to what the White House Communication Director had to say. They controlled the press, they released during the campaign what they wanted to release and never accepted questions.

Unfortunately, they could not control Fox News, that is why we heard about Rev Wright and Bill Ayers. Luckily they were able to downplay it all. Now that they have control of the White House, we see the truth.

Van Jones, Anita Dunn and the list goes on and on.

dmk

[Kathianne]

What the White House doesn't get is that Chicago way doesn't settle well, even with the liberal media:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/10/losing_helen_thomas_nyt_and_th.asp


Losing: Helen Thomas, NYT, and The Nation Object to White House Fight With Fox News


Well, it's not the first time the Grande Liberal Dame of the press corps has had words for the Obama White House, but today Helen Thomas is voicing more unlikely sentiments by telling the White House attack dogs to heel in the Fox News fight.

In an interview with MSNBC, the columnist -- who is promoting her new book on presidents and their campaigns -- also stressed the White House ought to "stay out of these fights."


"They can only take you down. You can't kill the messenger," said Thomas, who has covered every president from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama.

The New York Times also joined the chorus of folks telling the White House to chill this weekend. The Grey Lady may be in danger of being labeled a "wing of the Republican Party," for using such uncharacteristically sharp language in criticizing the president, but I'm sure they'll scrub the offending parts when the White House rings. In the meantime, enjoy:

...

[red states rule]

Brit Hume explaines why the WH is doing it

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[red states rule]

Why is Obama and members of his administration attacking Fox News? Here are a few reasons





Obama has found his oppressor

snip

The answer is simple. Obama's stock and trade when he was a community organizer was peddling a victimization mentality that blames all manner of bogeymen but never looks at the culture of failure that created the conditions he railed against. For a every victim our community organizer needs an oppressor. Finding an oppressor when you're the President of the most powerful country in the world isn't easy. It appears President Obama has formerly decided that Fox News will be his oppressor and has sent out his aides to tell the world. Obama has decided to play role of the victim since he's been failing miserably with that whole "leadership thing".
Playing the victim accomplishes a few things;


1.Openly challenging FoxNews takes up a news cycle or two among the talking heads and serious issues won't be explored. Every time the public starts to examine Obama policies closely the lower the President's poll numbers go, so, distractions are viewed as good for Obama and his policies.

2.It plays to the storyline that the committed left lives by and believes. This helps keep the leftist base active, which is important for a left of center President trying to govern in a center right country.

3.Playing the victim absolves Obama of the responsibility among his supporters if things don't go his way. If the public option doesn't make it into health care reform, you can bet it will be Foxnews' fault. We saw similar rhetoric from the left in the lead up to the war in Iraq.

The American people expect the President to perform. Unlike Annenberg, the Illinois State Senate, and the US Senate, Obama will actually have to accomplish something by leading. Obama forgets that his is the leader of a center right country, he's not in the leftpdominated halls of academia anymore. Whining may score points with the base, but a vast majority of Americans prefer to choose not to be a victim, and as a country we don't like whiners.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/10/obama_has_found_his_oppressor.html

[Kathianne]

and another MSM chimes in:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/10/obamas_dumb_war_with_fox_news.html


Obama's dumb war with Fox News

There’s only one thing dumber than picking a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel -- picking a fight with people who don’t even have to buy ink. The Obama administration’s war on Fox News is dumb on multiple levels. It makes the White House look weak, unable to take Harry Truman’s advice and just deal with the heat. It makes the White House look small, dragged down to the level of Glenn Beck. It makes the White House look childish and petty at best, and it has a distinct Nixonian -- Agnewesque? -- aroma at worst. It is a self-defeating trifecta: it distracts attention from the Obama administration’s substantive message; it serves to help Fox, not punish it, by driving up ratings; and it deprives the White House, to the extent it refuses to provide administration officials to appear on the cable network, of access to an audience that is, in fact, broader than hard-core Obama haters...

[Jeff]

and another MSM chimes in:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/10/obamas_dumb_war_with_fox_news.html

Kat they make themselves look childish, they don't need no one to help :laugh2:

[red states rule]

When the Washington Post turns on any Dem you know it is damn bad

The Post along with the rest of the liberal media were humilated by Fox News over ACORN. They are exposed diaily by Rush, Sean, and Drudge - and maybe they are starting to get it

[Jeff]

When the Washington Post turns on any Dem you know it is damn bad

The Post along with the rest of the liberal media were humilated by Fox News over ACORN. They are exposed diaily by Rush, Sean, and Drudge - and maybe they are starting to get it

RSR they will never get it, they will just spin it, I read on another site Fox went to court to be able to spread lies, Some will go to any extreme to play the party over country trash

[red states rule]

Maybe this is why the left is going after Fox News. They do not want to talk about that hope and change like my liberal car pool coworker

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

47% approval for Obama

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/var/plain/storage/images/media/obama_index_graphics/october_2009/obama_approval_index_october_20_2009/255581-1-eng-US/obama_approval_index_october_20_2009.jpg

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

[red states rule]

Now Moveon.org gets in the act





MoveOn.org Asks Democrats To Stay Off Fox News

By Michelle Malkin • October 20, 2009 02:36 PM A reader just sent this fresh missive from the Fox News Deranged-foot soldiers at MoveOn:

From: Noah T. Winer, MoveOn.org Civic Action moveon-help@list.moveon.org
Subject: Stay off FOX
[Recipient name redacted]
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 2:05 PM

Dear MoveOn member,

All year, FOX has worked 24/7 to block President Obama’s agenda—repeating lies about “death panels,” promoting Tea Party protests, and whipping up fake political scandals.1

Now, President Obama is fighting back. The White House communications director said FOX is a “wing of the Republican Party…let’s not pretend they’re a news network.”2 To draw attention to its biased coverage, President Obama will not appear on FOX for the rest of this year.3

It’s about time Democrats stood up to FOX! Can you sign this petition asking Democrats to support President Obama’s stance by staying off FOX as long as he does? We’ll deliver it to Sen. Lautenberg and Sen. Menendez. Clicking here will add your name:

http://civic.moveon.org/foxobama/o.pl?id=17603-12662345-_CGt.ax&t=3

The petition says: “Democrats should support President Obama’s effort to call out FOX. Please stay off FOX for as long as he does.”

Democrats often appear on FOX in hopes of reaching out to conservative viewers. But FOX cuts off their mic, distorts what they say, or runs biased headlines at the bottom of the screen.4 In the end, Democrats always lose on FOX.

FOX insists there’s a difference between its news shows and its right-wing opinion shows with Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, and others.

But in August, FOX’s so-called news shows “aired 22 clips of town hall meeting attendees opposed” to Obama’s health care plans and zero in support. CNN and MSNBC were more fair and balanced.5

In another “news” story, FOX passed off a GOP press release as its own research—typo and all.6

FOX executives now describe the channel as “the voice of opposition” to Obama’s agenda. FOX president Roger Ailes—a former adviser to Nixon, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush—said, “I see this as the Alamo.”7

But a Capitol Hill newspaper reports, “In the House and Senate, Democrats who pledged to follow the administration’s near-boycott of Fox were hard to find, although many expressed support for Obama’s stance.”8

Democrats will only find the courage to join Obama if they hear from enough concerned voters. Sign this petition to ask Sen. Lautenberg and Sen. Menendez to stay off FOX. Clicking here will add your name:
http://civic.moveon.org/foxobama/o.pl?id=17603-12662345-_CGt.ax&t=4

Thanks for all you do.
–Noah, Nita, Michael, Kat, and the rest of the team



http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/20/moveon-demands-that-democrats-stay-off-fox-news/

[sgtdmski]

RSR they will never get it, they will just spin it, I read on another site Fox went to court to be able to spread lies, Some will go to any extreme to play the party over country trash

So did Fox lie when it reported that members of ACORN were videotaped giving advice to a supposed prostitute in pimp in how to set up a house and bring in underage girls to provide sex acts?

Was Fox news lying when it claimed Anita Dunn praised Chairman Mao and his political philosophy?

Were they lying about Van Jones and his signing of the online petition claiming Bush was responsible for 9/11 or his membership in STORM?

Since they have the audio proof and have investigated the tactics of the petition validating the name on their list it would seem they have not.

Hmmm it would seem that no lies, remember it was your word, were actually uttered by Fox news, only, get this actual truth, in fact verifiable truth, unlike the recent stunt with CNN and the Chamber of Commerce.

So tell me again which one is the legitimate news source, the one that reports with evidence their findings(FNC), or the one that has to offer a retraction for reporting a hoax(CNN).

dmk

[sgtdmski]

BTW have you noticed that as the attacks on Fox by the White House increase so too have the Fox ratings.

Hmmm, interesting correlation.

dmk

[red states rule]

BTW have you noticed that as the attacks on Fox by the White House increase so too have the Fox ratings.

Hmmm, interesting correlation.

dmk

Now other media outlets are starting to tell Obama to shut up and stop the attacks on Fox News

The Washington Post for one



Obama's dumb war with Fox News
There’s only one thing dumber than picking a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel -- picking a fight with people who don’t even have to buy ink. The Obama administration’s war on Fox News is dumb on multiple levels. It makes the White House look weak, unable to take Harry Truman’s advice and just deal with the heat. It makes the White House look small, dragged down to the level of Glenn Beck. It makes the White House look childish and petty at best, and it has a distinct Nixonian -- Agnewesque? -- aroma at worst. It is a self-defeating trifecta: it distracts attention from the Obama administration’s substantive message; it serves to help Fox, not punish it, by driving up ratings; and it deprives the White House, to the extent it refuses to provide administration officials to appear on the cable network, of access to an audience that is, in fact, broader than hard-core Obama haters.

Sure, it’s legitimate -- and standard practice -- to dispense access and coveted interviews to favored reporters and news outlets. So is subtly doing the opposite: letting a reporter who’s filed a tough story know that he or she is in the doghouse by leaking a scoop to a competitor. The Bush administration routinely briefed conservative columnists before a big presidential speech; the Obama White House tends to call in ideological sympathizers. This is the way the game is played.


Where the White House has gone way overboard is in its decision to treat Fox as an outright enemy and to go public with the assault. Imagine the outcry if the Bush administration had pulled a similar hissy fit with MSNBC. “Opinion journalism masquerading as news,” White House communications director Anita Dunn declared of Fox. Certainly Fox tends to report its news with a conservative slant -- but has anyone at the White House clicked over to MSNBC recently? Or is the only problem opinion journalism that doesn’t match its opinion? On "Fox News Sunday," host Chris Wallace replayed a quote from an Obama interview: “I don't always get my most favorable coverage on Fox, but I think that's part of how democracy is supposed to work. You know, we're not supposed to all be in lock step here.”

Maybe he should tell the rest of the team.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/10/obamas_dumb_war_with_fox_news.html?hpid=opinionsbo x1