Posted on 07/10/2009 7:36:17 AM PDT by La Lydia
"Reporters from roughly 30 television networks, newspapers, magazines and Web sites celebrated the Fourth of July with Barack Obama at the White House last weekend. Why didn't you know that? Because they were sworn to secrecy," John Cook writes at Gawker.com.
"We reported that Politico's Mike Allen was spotted milling about as a guest at the White House's 'backyard bash' by the pool reporter, who was allowed into the event for 40 minutes and kept in a pen before being ushered out. When Allen quoted from the pool report in his column the next day, he deleted a reference to his own name and didn't bother to tell his readers that he was actually at the party," Mr. Cook said.
"Well, he wasn't alone. Gawker has learned that the White House gave tickets to virtually every major news organization that covers the president - the New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Time, ABC News, NBC News, CNN, CBS News and so on, about 30 in all. The reporters were invited to attend on the following condition: 'You are being invited to attend this event as a guest. Blogging, Twittering or otherwise reporting on this event is not permitted. If you feel that you cannot agree to abide by these ground rules, please don't claim a ticket.'
"That's right: Much of the White House press corps spent the Fourth schmoozing with White House staffers, catching performances by the Foo Fighters and Jimmy Fallon, and watching the fireworks from the most exclusive vantage point in the D.C. metro area, all off the record...These are the same people who just a week ago were whining in the press briefing about Obama's malicious and dastardly attempts to 'control the press.' ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Thank goodness for the internet...waiting for the FCC or Congress to move against it.
Nothing new here. The Washington Post even put a price on it...
bookmark.
He’s got them in his back pocket.
Well Rahm and Zero pay staff 5 Million of salary alone to “control” the press. They have to be doing something to earn that salary. Of the 5 million did not include any of the party expenses mind you.
They couldn’t get Ahmedi-nuke-nejad and his ladykilling mullahs to come to the July 4th party, so Obamasoros and his circus clowns got the next best thing.
I think the Press needs to be renamed from the watchdogs class to the Virtual Lewinsky class, as that’s all that Obama is given by those clowns.
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