Jay Carney Blames the Internet for Obama's Opaque Transparency and Propaganda Machine

Townhall.com ^ | 12/13/2013 | Katie Pavlich

[winner3000]

Happy Friday everyone. This is something you don't see often: the White House Press Corp is missing George W. Bush.

Finally after years of abuse, major media and newspaper outlets like ABC News, the Associated Press and the Washington Post have sent a letter to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, demanding photojournalists be granted the same access as the official White House photographer. Other outlets like McClatchy and USA Today are boycotting official White House photos and refusing to print them with news articles.

During White House Press Secretary Jay Carney's daily briefing yesterday, reporters continued to ask about the lack of access, reminding Carney of President Obama's promise to be the "most transparent in history." In response, Carney defended the White House releasing photos from a government photographer rather than allowing photojournalists into meetings and important events and essentially blamed the internet for making photojournalists obsolete.

The best line?

"Anyone here can tell you there's less access here than under the Bush administration."

It really is incredible that Carney used to be a reporter for a major news outlet.

[winner3000]

I think in the long run this is a good thing. The White House Press Corps were always going to make Obama photos look good and any Republican President look bad. Jay Carney is essentially threatening reporters with his "distribution" crack that if they don't play ball by distributing the Obama propaganda pictures, the White House could work around the press and use the internet to publish the photos themselves. Well, good! Republican Presidents have wanted to side-step the White House Press Corp forever. If they don't want to play their Constitutional duty of being objective, why should Conservatives defend them? The next Republican President will have a good structure to go around them and go straight to the people, and the Press Corps will not be able to say anything about it because Obama did it first. In summary, Republicans have much more to gain from the ability to sidestep the White House Press Corps than Democrats. Since Obama cares more about himself than his party, he doesn't care about that. Go for it Obama!

[Cboldt]

It really is incredible that Carney used to be a reporter for a major news outlet.

Well, all he is now is top dog in that same circle. It's not as though the WH press corps is about to be critical of his highness.

I see false outrage. They want the people/readers to think that the WH press corps provides a useful function, other than pro-government propaganda.

[UCANSEE2]

The next Republican President...

Assuming that we ever have another Republican President.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Jay Carney Blames the Internet for Obama's Opaque Transparency and Propaganda Machine

What an idiot, everyone knows it's Bush's fault.

[atc23]

False outrage indeed! Let em suck eggs. First thing the Zero administration did that I agree with. If the press corps wants to be a propaganda arm for the federal government, let them publish only approved photos to accompany their approved stories.

What's the rumpus?

[DeaconRed]

Yea you wore poor ole Bush out.

[Usagi_yo]

If they [Press Corp] don't want to play their Constitutional duty of being objective ...

And what U.S Constitutional article and section enumerates that the press has to be objective?

[Caipirabob]

heard from the white house: “The internetz?!?!?! CurzU algore...you have failed us for the last time!!!!”

[Walkingfeather]

We should hire the sign language interpreter from Mandella funeral to stand up next to Carney and do his thing....

[Gaffer]

I’m afraid that we’d get stuck with the SSDI disability bill after a few weeks of it. A constant ‘jerk off’ gesture in response to Carney’s bleats will undoubtedly cause a lot of carpal tunnel damage to the signer’s arm.

[MV=PY]

LOL!

[Cincinatus]

It really is incredible that Carney used to be a reporter for a major news outlet.

He was never a "reporter" -- he was just like all these other clowns - an ideological propagandist. Now he's in his natural element.

[Army Air Corps]

For the list.

[righttackle44]

Art Carney as Ed Norton is vastly more intelligent than Jay Carney as Obama’s press secretary.

[Lou L]

In other word, "it's Al Gore's fault?"