05-19-2013, 10:17 AM
The press has turned on President Obama with a vengeance.
This is a short piece about how Obama's pissing off the Associated Press and the media may be affecting coverage of Benghazi and other "scandals" currently plaguing his administration.
His second term is looking nothing like his first term and I think he's gonna have a lot harder questions to answer in the next few years than he did in the last few. The tides have changed and it's no longer looking like a temporary drift, imo.
Snipped:
Suddenly, the White House briefing room is filled with confrontational questions. Suddenly, the news pages are ablaze with scandal, and the commentators -- even some of the president's usual defenders -- are bemoaning his shortcomings. Suddenly, Obama isn't getting the benefit of the doubt.
Some in the media rolled over for Barack Obama in the 2008 campaign, though the record was decidedly more mixed once he took office. But personal feelings toward this president who has never courted the press no longer matter; nor do personal predilections on gun control and immigration reform. The scandal machinery has kicked into high gear, and its sheer noise may drown out everything else.
Full story here:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/17/opinion/ku...?hpt=hp_t1
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Deeper investigative reporting and public accountability is fine by me.
It would be nice, however, if the news media was neither friend nor foe to any administration, but unbiased in its reporting. That's not been a reality for decades though, if ever.
This is a short piece about how Obama's pissing off the Associated Press and the media may be affecting coverage of Benghazi and other "scandals" currently plaguing his administration.
His second term is looking nothing like his first term and I think he's gonna have a lot harder questions to answer in the next few years than he did in the last few. The tides have changed and it's no longer looking like a temporary drift, imo.
Snipped:
Suddenly, the White House briefing room is filled with confrontational questions. Suddenly, the news pages are ablaze with scandal, and the commentators -- even some of the president's usual defenders -- are bemoaning his shortcomings. Suddenly, Obama isn't getting the benefit of the doubt.
Some in the media rolled over for Barack Obama in the 2008 campaign, though the record was decidedly more mixed once he took office. But personal feelings toward this president who has never courted the press no longer matter; nor do personal predilections on gun control and immigration reform. The scandal machinery has kicked into high gear, and its sheer noise may drown out everything else.
Full story here:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/17/opinion/ku...?hpt=hp_t1
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Deeper investigative reporting and public accountability is fine by me.
It would be nice, however, if the news media was neither friend nor foe to any administration, but unbiased in its reporting. That's not been a reality for decades though, if ever.