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Media discovering Obama doesn't return the love
American Thinker ^ | 05/14/2013 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 05/14/2013 7:09:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Somewhere, Andrew Breitbart is smiling. You can almost see the metaphorical light bulbs going on in bubbles over the heads of liberal media figures. Obama loyalists are expressing outrage at the subpoenaing of the phone records of 20 lines serving over a hundred AP reporters.

The timing could not be better. Just days after it has sunk in on the White House press corps that the administration has been lying through their teeth about Benghazi. On the very day that the AP published its own outraged account of the subpoena, calling it a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news, the president held a joint presser with David Cameron that earned him four Pinocchios from the WaPo's fact checker, Glenn Kessler, calling the talking points a "sideshow."

To my mind, the AP scandal's significance entirely lies with its effect on the media's mindset on Obama. They have been cheerleading for him for six years, now. But that old story - the young, brilliant, dynamic, athletic, "sort of a god" guy who was going to unite us - is not selling anymore. So they need a new narrative.

As a scandal, the subpoenas may or may not be important. Professor Eugene Volokh offers some wise words of counsel:

"DOJ is investigating a leak of national security information to AP reporters that culminated in a May 7, 2012 story that disclosed details of a CIA operation in Yemen that stopped a terrorist plot in early 2012.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: media; obama
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To: cripplecreek

“DOJ is investigating a leak of national security information to AP reporters that culminated in a May 7, 2012 story that disclosed details of a CIA operation in Yemen that stopped a terrorist plot in early 2012.

Isn’t THIS above what this whole thing is about? Trying to catch the leakers?


21 posted on 05/14/2013 8:46:41 AM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: SeekAndFind

AP published its own outraged account of the subpoena.
Only a fool thinks the media will run with his troubles the cover up has started.


22 posted on 05/14/2013 10:40:09 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: william clark

Wonder if Chrissie’s tingle is becoming a cold wet stain.


23 posted on 05/14/2013 1:22:20 PM PDT by polymuser ("We have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!" (HRC))
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