“This is some grade-A, primo historical revisionism.
When it comes to being anti-media, Trump only talks a big game. And, boy, does he talk. Obama, on the other hand, is a man of action. As president, he did much more than complain about Fox News. His administration spent eight long years curbing the press freedoms of journalists of every stripe. Obama was a pro at this.
In 2009, for example, the Obama White House intentionally excluded Fox News’ Chris Wallace from participating in a round of interviews pertaining to the president’s push for healthcare reform. Later that same year, the administration officials tried to block Fox reporters from interviewing “pay czar” Kenneth Feinberg. The White House initially lied about this, and many in the press went along with it. It wasn’t until 2011 that the public learned the truth of the Feinberg episode. An internal email dated Oct. 22, 2009, showed the White House director of broadcast media told Treasury officials specifically, “We’d prefer if you skip Fox please.”
The Obama White House communications director, Anita Dunn,
said at the time, “We’re going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent. As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.”
That language about "legitimate news organizations" and "opponents" is only different from the things Trump says by degree, not by kind.
Or remember when the
Associated Press revealed in
May 2013 that the
Justice Department had
secretly collected two months' worth of
personal and work-related phone calls made by
AP reporters and
editors? The Justice Department secretly obtained records on incoming and outgoing calls made by specific AP journalists, as well as general news staff, the news group reported. Federal investigators even collected data on calls made by AP reporters in the House of Representatives press gallery.
Obama, whose administration prosecuted and spied on reporters, claims Trump is very bad for criticizing newsrooms
I wish Pres. Trump would just go ahead and ban CNN from attending all White House media events. ....
Awww. Poor snowflakes can’t handle the big bad press and their tricky questions ?
Obama only spied on the press and their families to silence them.
Hell he wanted to arrest Rosen and charge him with treason.
The guy from the “failing New York Times”? Of course obama was looking for people who leaked secret info. He didn’t have a personal agenda with the times .
