Obama Threatens News Networks: Don't Follow Fox News....Or Else

Sunday, October 18, 2009 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Mafioso, Goon Squad, Communist, Nazi, Jihadi, Democrat politics as usual--whatever you want to call the thuggish tactics of the Obama administration, the very public threats they are making to the news media to not follow the lead of Fox News in questioning Obama's policies and personnel is a direct threat to the freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment.

This morning on the Sunday talk shows, speaking on behalf of President Barack Obama, senior Obama advisers David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel carried on the war initiated by White House communictions director Anita Dunn last week on CNN.

Axelrod appeared on ABC News' This Week, telling George Stephanopoulos:

"A lot of their news programming, it's really not news, it's pushing a point of view. And the bigger thing is that other news organizations like yours ought not to treat them that way, and we’re not going to treat them that way."

Chief of Staff Emanuel told John King on CNN's State of the Union that the president himself does not view Fox as a legitimate news network:

...The way the President looks at it, we look at it, it's not a news organization so much as it has a perspective. And that's a different take. And more importantly, is not have the CNNs and the others in the world basically be led and following Fox, as if that, what they’re trying to do is a legitimate news organization..."

Emanuel then went on to deny that the White House is focused on Fox to the detriment of other issues facing Obama:

"I mean the concentration of the White House isn’t about what Fox is doing. It’s a concentration about what does it take to make sure the economy’s moving, creating jobs, helping the economy grow, making sure that we responsibly withdraw from Iraq, making sure the decisions we make on Afghanistan..."

But to accomplish his goals, Obama and his Chicago goons have decided they need to clear the field, in this case Fox News, like they have done throughout their ascendency to power.

Once again, Obama froze out Fox News' Sunday program today with Emanuel appearing on CBS' Face the Nation and CNN, Axelrod on ABC and close aide Valerie Jarrett fielding softballs from David Gregory on NBC's Meet the Press. Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe appeared on Fox, saying he was briefed by the White House beforehand.

The message is clear: Obey Obama or lose access, get attacked and be culled from the herd. Unspoken, but well understood, is that the Obama administration has the regulatory and investigatory power to destroy those in the news media who get in their way.

[devolve]

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It describes the WH now

Mainstream is the illusion the voters bought

Looking for other threads and making coffee

[ColdWater]

I see that you have no understanding of socialist power struggles.

[GOPJ]

Ummm, these boys ( only referring to the white members of the Obama administration ) should worry more about Al Qaeda, and less about FOX NEWS.

[ransomnote]

Agreed. But some have suggested that an attack by our declared enemies will facilitate a take over by our undeclared enemies. In which case, Obama and his minions can whistle while danger approaches.

[potlatch]

I don’t think ‘porn’ describes the White House. Evil and corruption do a good job on that.

I see threads on ‘war porn’, looks like that may be a TV show or some type of game.

[Bahbah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byIpfEVxhs4

Good night, STARWISE :)

[STARWISE]

Heavenly .... thank you .. ;)

[devolve]

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OK

The WH Man-Dates snuff videos

[LucyT]

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Also:

Dunn admits the White House “controls” news media.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365411/posts

White House admits (on camera): We ‘control’ news media

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365410/posts

TEL AVIV – President Obama’s presidential campaign focused on “making” the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was “controlled,” White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference.

[potlatch]

[The WH Man-Dates snuff videos]
I haven’t heard anything about that. Are you saying it involves people from the White House? Where did you hear it, haven’t seen it on Drudge or a thread.

[Arizona Carolyn]

In the meantime the ratings at Fox keep going up, up, up.

[bergmeid]

Yeah, wasn’t it Vera? Or am I wrong?

[GreyMountainReagan]

I see that you have no understanding of socialist power struggles.

My hahahahahahahahah'ing is your belief that the press will turn on 0bama. That will never happen. Not that they are his puppets.

[shadowcat]

stroketoubammieboy

[Candor7]

LOL. We were born ready!

You know many of us are the true scions of the WWII generation. They left some of us here true to what they stood for, in the face of some of the get that now think they are going to take over Amerca, and make it into something that our forefathers fought against in Europe.

When we get together, and its only a matter of time, they will not stand!!

Just be ready to work!

[444Flyer]

Thanks Thou. White House controls the news media.

Go along with it and you will be eaten last.

[Candor7]

I hope you are right. (Rupert is an aussie , right?)

I cheer him on!!!

[little jeremiah]

Immature? It has nothing to do with immature. It’s just that 0bama and his handlers, assistants and backers what to make him into a Dictator. Dictators have total control over the media. It’s just what they do. It’s not childish, it’s demoniac.

[little jeremiah]

I am sure you are 100% correct.

[little jeremiah]

Lucy - read Bernard Marx’s comment.

(Like you need more reading material.)