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"Obama is not in power and hasn't". Hasn't is not correct. The Obama Administration was notoriously terrible towards the press. The below from an article publi
by BryanBeshore 10y ago
"Obama is not in power and hasn't".
Hasn't is not correct. The Obama Administration was notoriously terrible towards the press. The below from an article published today:
https://news.grabien.com/story-why-it-will-be-hard-trump-surpass-obamas-record-chilling-pre https://news.grabien.com/story-why-it-will-be-hard-trump-sur...
Obama Admin on Fox News:
“We’re going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent,” said Anita Dunn, the White House communications director, in a telephone interview on Sunday. “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.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/business/media/12fox.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/business/media/12fox.html
The [Obama] administration sought to deny Fox News' participation in executive branch news-making events -- which only failed after other networks admirably refused to participate if Fox News were excluded.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/white-houses-fox-news-boy_n_331437.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/white-houses-fox-ne...
James Rosen, reported accurate information about North Korea leaked by a member of the Obama State Department, Eric Holder ordered his movements to be tracked, his phone records seized, and went "judge shopping" until he found one willing to grant such a warrant without telling Rosen himself. Holder even told Google to not notify Rosen that the government was monitoring his email.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-rare-peek-into-a-justice-department-leak-probe/2013/05/19/0bc473de-be5e-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?utm_term=.5facb710db08 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-rare-peek-into-a-just...
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-prosecutors-fought-to-keep-rosens-warrant-secret http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-prosecutors-foug...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-in-ap-rosen-investigations-government-makes-criminals-of-reporters/2013/05/21/377af392-c24e-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?utm_term=.2cc8d6f3bd3a https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-in-ap-r...
The New York Times's James Risen was targeted for almost the entirety of Obama's two terms. His crime? Reporting accurate information the Obama Administration didn't want reported. "Along the way, we found out that the government had spied on virtually every aspect of James Risen’s digital life from phone calls, to emails, to credit card statements, bank records and more,"
https://freedom.press/news-advocacy/the-james-risen-case-and-eric-holders-tarnished-press-freedom-legacy/ https://freedom.press/news-advocacy/the-james-risen-case-and...
The Associated Press experienced similar surveillance. For two months, the Department of Justice tracked 20 AP reporters' calls, ostensibly over their reporting into a Libyan terrorist's failed plot. Why was reporting on a failed plot so threatening? The AP said it was because the administration wanted to announce the news itself.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/some-question-whether-ap-leak-on-al-qaeda-plot-put-us-at-risk/2013/05/15/47003ed4-bd77-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_print.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/some-question-whethe...
Just pointing out that 'Hasn't' is not correct. Carry on...
- BryanBeshore 10y agoIf you are going to downvote me, possibly give a reason. At any rate, whatever. I am not going to be silenced by your keyboard
- btilly 10y agoI second that. Anyone who values reality should recognize detailed valid criticism for what it is, and support it. Especially if it is your position being criticized. Statements need to be judged by evidence of accuracy, and not agreement with your preconceptions. A detailed post, offering correction and full of links and exact quotes should therefore be voted up, not down.
- btilly 10y agoFair enough, but he didn't carry on a general war. Obama waged a campaign against leakers. Most of what you refer to was tied to that. Related, see the fact that he used the Espionage Act more than everyone else. That phrasing is precise, Obama used it more than all other presidents combined. He also faced a sustained propaganda campaign from Fox News. (The results of which were regular grist for Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.) He therefore treated them as an enemy. This was unfortunate, but not really comparable to Trump's treating anyone who disagrees with obvious outright lies as an enemy. And Trump's declaring most of the media enemies, and issuing a variety of thinly veiled threats to them. I wouldn't be surprised to see Obama's unfortunate espionage act record eclipsed as well... :-(