Posted on 03/20/2012 12:17:25 PM PDT by Lucky9teen
The media’s response was embarrassing to them. They should be ashamed to call themselves journalists. Maybe, journOlist, but definitely not journalists.
Sorry, I should read, “the media’s response should be embarrassing to themselves”
There was no reason to scrub the story other than to protect Barack Obama from a very embarrassing story.
the mainstream news media is the fourth branch of government
That all depends upon which of the standard practices you apply:
1. Standard Media Ethics for Conservatives
2. Standard Media Ethics for Democrats
I strongly suspect that it is the Secret Service intervening in this case. Their resources to protect in Oaxaca are not so great that they could not be overwhelmed by a large enough force. And there are a number of such forces in Mexico.
However, if this is the case they should have intervened from the start to tell Obama that Mexico is pretty much a no-go as far as recreation. If it is to Mexico City for official business, that is okay, because there would be Mexican security in addition. But tourism? Bad idea.
This being said, if Obama insisted, they only thing they could do would try and “soft pedal” the publicity surrounding the visit. Hopefully the vacation would be over before the bad guys could get their act together.
Malia was in Oaxaca where there was a 7.6 earthquake today. Does anyone think the media will “scrub” the story?
And now michele’s press secretary has put out a statement..awww.
Malia is fine....from her ‘SCHOOL TRIP’ in Mexico.
It went from vacation (not allowed to be reported on) to a ‘school trip’ in a country the State Dept warned Americans not to go..
Weird how that all works, eh?
I don’t care if she is in Mexico or whatever. I do care if she is using our money.
Should have been a non-story. Knowing Obama, it was leaked to the media so they would report on it then Obama shows his humane side by asking the media not to report on it.
Then they blame Fox News.
She was wearing a T-shirt with a large broken cross on the front.
Why did Free Republic scrap the story?
I wonder how it will play if the Secret Service sweeps Little MAO out of Mexico and leaves the rest of the Sidwell girls to the risks in an active earthquake zone?
You don’t need to suspect anything. We know. It was Michelle Obama’s office that acted to take down the stories. Not the Secret Service.
Malia? Is that an Islamic name? I would have thought he would have called his daughters something like “Marxia” or “Leninia” or “Stalinia”.
Malia? Is that an Islamic name? I would have thought he would have called his daughters something like “Marxia” or “Leninia” or “Stalinia”.
It is perfectly obvious to me that they are more concerned about the “optics” of this trip than they are the safety of this child.
No, Malia is a Hawaiian name.
Malice / Malia......ode to Alinsky and his future plans for America.
Who paid for this trip?
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