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Tam

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After Obama's lastest town hall meeting Gibbs field questions from the MSM about how the questions were hand picked or shall we say STAGED at the so called open town hall meeting on Health. It was so bad, Helen Thomas a very Left leaning liberal columnist pointed out the fact that it was a pattern of the Obama administration to be controlling the press. Hand picked questions were an example of that and she and other wanted to discuss the issue even though Gibbs wanted to side step the question. I think the honeymoon period is about to hit a wall if even Helen Thomas is upset and questioning the administration about the emerging patterns. :shock:

Helen Thomas is not thought of as an Obama critics, since Helen Thomas is the supposed symbol of the liberal media. Helen Thomas was frequently bashed by conservatives for her questions, and speeches, at President Bush and his people at press conferences.
Helen Thomas Slams Obama Administration for Controlling Media Things are a little different today, as Helen Thomas actually went after the press secretary of a Democratic president. In fact, Helen Thomas actually said that the Obama "control" of the press was worse than Nixon, to further shock the blogosphere.

Helen Thomas didn't start the battles at yesterday's press briefing, but she certainly highlighted them. Thomas came to the defense of CBS News correspondent Chip Reid, when he tried to ask Press Secretary Robert Gibbs how Obama would choose questions for tonight's town hall meeting in Virginia.

Reid stated that the administration was controlling both who was going to attend, and what kind of questions would be asked. When Gibbs tried to brush him off, Helen Thomas injected herself in her usual, no-nonsense fashion.

Since Thomas is famous for heated confrontations with press secretaries, and even Presidents, her remarks got more attention. Particularly since Helen Thomas often makes more newsworthy remarks than the press secretary and the President, as they fuel the debate over media coverage and bias one way or another.

In this case, Thomas told Gibbs that no other White House tried to put this much control over media coverage, and slammed him for doing so despite the administration's calls for "openness and transparency."

But Thomas saved her biggest quote for afterward, as she told CNS News that not even Richard Nixon had tried to control the media this way. Thomas not only put the Nixon administration on a higher ground than Obama in this area, she didn't even mention George W. Bush as part of it.

So for the moment, the conservative blogs and pundits are praising Helen Thomas for once, saying that she burst through the bubble of Obama's cozy relationship with the liberal media. But criticism of President Obama is no longer exclusively for conservatives,
Helen Thomas Slams Obama Administration for Controlling Media as the grumbling from the liberal base is building up over the President.

If the Obama administration lost Helen Thomas, who has been made to be the ultimate liberal media caricature, then the floodgates of Obama criticism are all but open.

Sources

CNS News- "Helen Thomas: Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media Like Obama" www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx
 

Cal

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Will Obama's attempt at controlling media finally cause a light to go off for the leftist media? They've been such good little useful idiots so far.
 

Tam

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Now if we can just get the likes of Oldtimer to see the light then maybe the US will survive the next 3 1/2 years. Think we got a chance? :?



Nope I didn't think so either but I thought I would throw it out there for the laugh :wink: :lol:
 

backhoeboogie

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This is a free country. They have the right to put on blinders and keep drinking kool aid. In the mean time the vacuum sucking all the money out of the economy is still being emptied in California. AND - it is not enough. They need more and more. Nancy is going to get a turbo charger for that vacuum.

$375 thousand dollars paid for a 13 year old trailer house on a half acre of land. Can you blame them for defaulting on it since they have been paying for 8 years and still owe almost the entire original purchase price? Nancy wants me to pay for it.
 
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