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by Ed Morrissey
February 28, 2013
If Bob WoodwardÂ’s experience wasnÂ’t quite as harrowing as he first let on, Lanny DavisÂ’ anecdote sounds more like the real deal. Bill ClintonÂ’s former special counsel told Larry OÂ’Connor and Brian Wilson on WMAL that his columns at The Washington Times got the Obama administration so angry, they threatened DavisÂ’ editor with removing the paperÂ’s accreditation to cover the White House:
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February 28, 2013
If Bob WoodwardÂ’s experience wasnÂ’t quite as harrowing as he first let on, Lanny DavisÂ’ anecdote sounds more like the real deal. Bill ClintonÂ’s former special counsel told Larry OÂ’Connor and Brian Wilson on WMAL that his columns at The Washington Times got the Obama administration so angry, they threatened DavisÂ’ editor with removing the paperÂ’s accreditation to cover the White House:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR-uoBT4uJ8]Lanny Davis on WMAL 2-28-13 - YouTube[/ame]
Lanny Davis, formerly a special counsel to President Bill Clinton, told WMALÂ’s Brian Wilson and Larry OÂ’Connor that a White House official once threatened to have The Washington TimesÂ’ White House credentials revoked over columns Davis had written.
Davis says his editor “received a phone call from a senior Obama White House official who didn’t like some of my columns, even though I’m a supporter of Obama. I couldn’t imagine why this call was made.”
Davis isn’t buying the pushback on the Woodward story, either. While he allows that the context may have been couched as friendly advice, a White House that uses the words “you will regret” is a White House threatening a reporter. In Davis’ case, there isn’t even that friendly veneer — just a call to the editor demanding that the paper dump Davis as a columnist, along with a nice White House credential ya got there “implication” if the Times didn’t comply.
Davis says his editor “received a phone call from a senior Obama White House official who didn’t like some of my columns, even though I’m a supporter of Obama. I couldn’t imagine why this call was made.”
Davis isn’t buying the pushback on the Woodward story, either. While he allows that the context may have been couched as friendly advice, a White House that uses the words “you will regret” is a White House threatening a reporter. In Davis’ case, there isn’t even that friendly veneer — just a call to the editor demanding that the paper dump Davis as a columnist, along with a nice White House credential ya got there “implication” if the Times didn’t comply.
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Former Clinton aide: Obama WH threatened my paper, too « Hot Air
