Comments on: WaPo calls White House ‘Agnewesque.’

By: 13Bravo

13Bravo — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:29:29 +0000

If my memory serves correctly Jimmy Carter used to have anyone who criticized him (including comedians) investigated by the Secret Service. This is just one more reason to think that Obama is a more dangerous version of Carter. Neither of them can stand dissent or criticism.

By: lukematthews

lukematthews — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:31:05 +0000

While the Democratic-Party Media are cautiously speaking out, in tiny whispers, against this very public enemies list, they are also conflicted. They worry about their own freedom to write, but they are also rabidly jealous of Fox’s ratings. They worry the veil between them and the Democratic party has been so torn the White House is all they have left. Each and every one of them are frightened by the aspect of not being included in White House weenie roasts and slumber parties. If they are shut out of those, they have no credibility left at all.

Never have their been such a complete lack of journalistic curiousity in what is driving down this president’s numbers. They also seem frozen by the growing fury at the Democratic Party. They believed this would be a cake walk and it has turned into the walk of shame.

By: ecroper

ecroper — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:35:47 +0000

They are not playing House, They are playing “Presidency” in the Whitehouse. So whats happening isnt really happening, accept it really is. Have they played Army or Banking yet.

By: The_Gadfly

The_Gadfly — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:35:21 +0000

for the offense against Fox. I’m just not sure why CJR and NYT haven’t already done so.

I long ago came to the conclusion there are no honest “journalists.” You may occasionally find an honest newsman (like Wesley Pruden at The Washington Times) but the term “journalist” is itself a term of art adopted by leftists wishing to wield the big stick of non-partisanship while being the biggest partisans in the business.

By: Kyle-MI

Kyle-MI — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:27:17 +0000

First, the GOP is spineless and will continue to be spineless. There are a few glimmers of hope, but they are few and far between. There is not indication that the party leaders “get it”.

Second, although FOX has strong rates, it is still in the minority compared to summing up the rating of everyone else. The current WH can afford to single out one network (and a cable network at that). The next possible GOP WH does not have that luxury.

By: IJB

IJB — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:14:33 +0000

Now that the ‘cat is out of the bag’, and someone is acknowledging that we don’t have an “objective” Press/Media in this country but a partisan one, I’m hoping whoever the next Republican President is kicks MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NYT, etc. out of the WH Press Pool.

We shouldn’t be playing their game any more – the vast majority of the Press is not just hostile to the GOP and conservatives, but to the very foundations of this country.

Now that Barry and his fascist goon corps have opened this door, I hope the GOP drives through it with a Mack truck after 2012.

No more free ride for the Left-Win Media, I say – we’ll call it “The Obama Precedent”…

By: GT350

GT350 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:03:22 +0000

Good to see the Washington Post giving a half-hearted defense of Journalism.

Where’s everyone else, in defense of First Amendment? Columbia Journalism Review? Where is the NYT? Is there a Walter Cronkite in the house? What about the idealistic reporters who entered the field, having read “All The Presidents Men”? Are there any honest journalists left?

Nope.

By: johnt

johnt — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:26:39 +0000

or maybe aggression, perhaps a phrase, total control. But pique?
Pique can’t start to cover it. These are nasty birds and pique is too delicate a word to describe what burns inside them.
That goes for all the flunkies outside the WH as well, those who will turn on a dime and ditch what were supposed to be core beliefs.
Core what ??

By: JoeG

JoeG — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:01:39 +0000

If you read the comments under the opinion piece, they are rather funny.

There is a massive amount of vitriol released against Fox. If you’re doing a good job, its going to raise hackles.

By: bk

bk — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:59:51 +0000

The WH is blatantly trying to drive a wedge between FNC and everyone else. I suspect they’re trying to get the others to form a new pool agreement that excludes Fox, and then in addition to blocking anyone in the administration from being on any Fox shows, the WH could block Fox reports to access at any and all WH-related events. If Fox isn’t a ‘real’ news network as the WH says, then why should they grant press credentials to anyone from Fox?

Suppose the WH makes some under the table threats to other outlets that they will get more limited access unless Fox is kicked out of the pool? Would they go public with it or would they cave? They all hate Fox as well, so my guess would be that they’d sacrifice freedom of the press as long as that meant Fox is the only member of the press who suffers.

I wouldn’t put ANYTHING past this administration.

By: RedBeard

RedBeard — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:59:47 +0000

The Obama administration, complete with a raft of unqualified leftist and Marxist czars, is coming undone rapidly. Losing the good will of the usual leftist suspects at the Post is yet another sign that this administration is adrift, having no idea how to behave.

But once again, I must ask the question: What did anyone expect would happen after electing the most radical and least qualitied person in our history? None of this should be the slightest bit surprising.

By: JoeG

JoeG — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:55:33 +0000

“Concern that Obama’s whiz-kids are ruining what ought to be the liberals’ time in the Sun.”

We know the outcome. I certainly hope its the same for them, but it would be hard to imagine their elected officials double crossing them the way ours have.

By: Robert A. Hahn

Robert A. Hahn — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:53:05 +0000

The White House apparently expects its friends in the liberal media to join it in attempting to marginalize Fox News.

Won't happen:

Obama will be gone one day. This is a kind of tit-for-tat the country doesn't need, and the liberal media doesn't need.
Self-preservation: "When they came for Fox News, I said nothing..."
Concern that Obama's whiz-kids are ruining what ought to be the liberals' time in the Sun.

By: 10ksnooker

10ksnooker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:51:19 +0000

It’s like this, when all the parrots sing the same song, everything is fine. when one parrot is off key, everyone wants to know what is wrong with that parrot.

What the DNC doesn’t get, their parrot media is near death.

By: bk

bk — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:50:20 +0000

This administration has power that pales in comparison to any previous one. Who knows how vengeful they can become? Could their ‘pay czar’ decide execs of companies who advertise on Fox deserve less pay? Could they not dole out ‘stimulus’ or other ‘walking around’ money to execs whose companies advertise on Fox?

I think we’re far from seeing the end of this story. It will only get worse it seems to me. They will act on their pique instead of just whining.