Posted on 01/24/2014 5:58:38 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson says that President Obama's White House is the "most secretive White House" that she's covered during her long tenure as a political journalist.
"I would say it is the most secretive White House that I have ever been involved in covering, and that includes — I spent 22 years of my career in Washington and covered presidents from President Reagan on up through now, and I was Washington bureau chief of the Times during George W. Bush's first term," Abramson told Al Jazeera America in an interview that will air on Sunday.
"I dealt directly with the Bush White House when they had concerns that stories we were about to run put the national security under threat. But, you know, they were not pursuing criminal leak investigations," she continued. "The Obama administration has had seven criminal leak investigations. That is more than twice the number of any previous administration in our history. It's on a scale never seen before. This is the most secretive White House that, at least as a journalist, I have ever dealt with."
The Times has been intimately involved with the government's crackdown on leaks, both before and during the Obama administration. James Risen, a Times reporter, is currently fighting to avoid having to testify against a former CIA official accused of being his source. According to Robert Gates's new memoir, Obama hadn't been in office more than a month before saying he wanted a criminal investigation into disclosures on Iran policy that had been published the Times.
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Kind of like the old Kremlin, right Jill?
I read the interview yesterday and was mildly impressed that a MSM liberal like Jill Abramson was capable of being honest and somewhat insightful. She’s a little late to the party, but better late than never...
Coupled with least inquisitive media...
and they left out “but I’d vote for him again”
She finally felt the 2 X 4 that was being applied to her head.
Minor complaints, but the Times will be right back on their knees for their master, later today.
Minor complaints, but the Times will be right back on their knees for their master, later today.
why did she feel compelled to contrast this administration with the Reagan or GW Bush administrations? she is saying she is shocked that those Republican administrations were more transparent than this administration... BIASED!!!
“New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson says that President Obama’s White House is the “most secretive White House” that she’s covered during her long tenure as a political journalist. “
And she would still vote for him in a heartbeat.
Yep... exactly. So long as the “media” get their required share of nuggets, they don’t give two sh*ts about the evil that permeates the regime.
One more group of liberals starting to see how totalitarian 'liberal elites' have become... and this time it's some members of the New York Times editorial board.
They'll never join the Tea Party, but they're not going to be easily fooled by Obama any more either.
Obama: “This is the Most Transparent Administration in History.”
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Friday, February 15 2013
http://techpresident.com/news/23512/obama-most-transparent-administration-history
Obama-We’re the Most Transparent and Ethical Administration in U.S. History!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXWTdTnhebs
Pelosi tells C-SPAN: ‘There has never been a more open process’
Stretch agrees so it must be true.
The IRS will be sending her a letter, shortly.
They always air a little petty grievance before the election cycle heats up to say that they are critical, too. It is never when the timing will hurt the socialists in power. You can mark your calendar to show that 7 days after the last criticism of the President, the election will be in full swing, starting with an expose on the front runner of some important district.
I’ve seen this movie before. Time to go camping.
But she will still assume the position as requested by Obama. If she spent 15 minutes vetting Obama instead of slobbering over him she would know she was helping to elect a radical marxist.
The New York Times dem butt kissers got her...
Jilly, welcome to the party, pal.
Her firing was purely coincidental, of course.
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