Stephanie
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the MSM media has become a enemy to us citizens.
SNIP:
ted 06:51 PM ET
Media: The White House is now taking hits for trying to downplay a lavish Halloween party the Obamas threw themselves amid an economic crisis. But what about the reporters who dutifully complied with the cover-up?
In her new book, "The Obamas," New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor relays a story about how the White House communications staff wanted to keep the 2009 party under wraps.
No wonder. Had the fact that they were holding an extravagant "Alice in Wonderland"-theme party — decorated with the help of director Tim Burton and featuring Johnny Depp in his Mad Hatter costume — at a time of 10% joblessness, it would have caused an outrage.
Subsequent reporting has found that Depp and Burton weren't listed in the White House entry logs, further bolstering the cover-up story.
But if anyone is guilty of a cover-up, it's the White House press corps.
There was, after all, at least one reporter at the party. But as Politico reports, the "dispatches from the party did not mention either Burton or Depp."
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That's been true with the Solyndra scandal. It was true when odd goings-on with Obama-backed LightSquared emerged. And let's not forget the Fast and Furious gun-running scandal, which cost one American his life, and in which the head of the Justice Department was caught lying to Congress.
The mainstream press has been so diligent in ignoring Fast and Furious, in fact, that the White House felt comfortable screaming at CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson for having the temerity to cover it, noting that no other "reasonable" mainstream outlet was doing so.
Jonathan Alter, a 28-year Newsweek veteran, even wrote a column for Bloomberg in which he lauded the White House for being utterly "free of scandal."
When he was pressed about the Halloween party cover-up, White House press secretary Jim Carney lashed out at reporters for being "irresponsible."
He's certainly got that right.
read it all here..
Media To Blame For HalloweenGate Cover-Up - Investors.com
SNIP:
ted 06:51 PM ET
Media: The White House is now taking hits for trying to downplay a lavish Halloween party the Obamas threw themselves amid an economic crisis. But what about the reporters who dutifully complied with the cover-up?
In her new book, "The Obamas," New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor relays a story about how the White House communications staff wanted to keep the 2009 party under wraps.
No wonder. Had the fact that they were holding an extravagant "Alice in Wonderland"-theme party — decorated with the help of director Tim Burton and featuring Johnny Depp in his Mad Hatter costume — at a time of 10% joblessness, it would have caused an outrage.
Subsequent reporting has found that Depp and Burton weren't listed in the White House entry logs, further bolstering the cover-up story.
But if anyone is guilty of a cover-up, it's the White House press corps.
There was, after all, at least one reporter at the party. But as Politico reports, the "dispatches from the party did not mention either Burton or Depp."
SNIP:
That's been true with the Solyndra scandal. It was true when odd goings-on with Obama-backed LightSquared emerged. And let's not forget the Fast and Furious gun-running scandal, which cost one American his life, and in which the head of the Justice Department was caught lying to Congress.
The mainstream press has been so diligent in ignoring Fast and Furious, in fact, that the White House felt comfortable screaming at CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson for having the temerity to cover it, noting that no other "reasonable" mainstream outlet was doing so.
Jonathan Alter, a 28-year Newsweek veteran, even wrote a column for Bloomberg in which he lauded the White House for being utterly "free of scandal."
When he was pressed about the Halloween party cover-up, White House press secretary Jim Carney lashed out at reporters for being "irresponsible."
He's certainly got that right.
read it all here..
Media To Blame For HalloweenGate Cover-Up - Investors.com