Down the Memory Hole: In 2008 Obama campaign booted 3 newspapers off his campaign plane

American Thinker ^ | 19 June 2016 | Thomas Lifson

[Lorianne]

The mainstream media have been hysterical this week in their response to Donald Trump’s revocation of the Washington Post’s campaign press credentials in response to coverage and headlines so unfair that the paper went back and changed them. Yet those same media outlets remained silent in 2008 when the Obama presidential campaign booted 3 major newspapers that had been writing unfavorably about the campaign off its press plane. Joe Concha of Mediaite remembers what happened 8 years ago, and contrasts the media response in the two instances:

The year was 2008. The candidate had a big lead in the polls going into election day. And in a preview of how petulant he would be act as Commander-in-Chief as it pertains to his treatment of the press, Barack Obama decided he didn’t like what three newspapers were writing about him, so he kicked its reporters off his campaign plane.

As Concha points out, the Obama campaign claimed that there sinply wasn;t enough space, instead of being honest, as Trump has been, about the unfavorable coverage being the rootof the matter. Somehow, on the Obama plane there was room for Glamour, Ebony, and Jet, but no room for the Dallas Morning News, New York Post or Washington Times.

[Steely Tom]

Let us not forget, Bill Clinton fired all 93 US Attorneys on a single day, March 23, 1993. The MSM didn’t utter a word of dissent, either.

I know this isn’t the same thing, but just keep this in mind when Trump starts firing people in the government.

[txrefugee]

As all Maxists do, they expunge inconvenient truths down the media memory hole. It’s all in that futuristic book “1984.” Only the date was incorrect.

[rockrr]

The MSM didn’t utter a word of dissent, either.

No, but they sure howled when GW canned 12 on his watch.

[Fungi]

And what do those three have in common? Too concerned with the truth to cover for the feckless one is the clue. Washington Times, NY Post....Gee, these aren’t real news providers, the don’t have initials in their names.

[lacrew]

Geeze, Bush/Gonzalez fired 7, and the media was calling for impeachment.

[Loud Mime]

bump

[Loud Mime]

Damn right. I had forgotten about that.

[Talisker]

Let us not forget, Bill Clinton fired all 93 US Attorneys on a single day, March 23, 1993. The MSM didn’t utter a word of dissent, either.

Right in the middle of the Waco siege. What a coincidence.

[rawcatslyentist]

2007 Hussein KIDNAPS the press corpse. Put em all on a plane ride to nowhere.

[fhayek]

Most of the 'elite' media sold whatever scrap of souls that they had years ago, and they did so dirt cheap. I do not pay attention to anything reported by The Washington Post. The New York Times, CBS, Time, NBC, ABC, PBS, Newsweek, or The Los Angeles Times.. Journalism requires credibility, and these sources (and many, many more) have none.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Let us not forget, Bill Clinton fired all 93 US Attorneys on a single day, March 23, 1993. The MSM didn’t utter a word of dissent, either.”

I hope trump does the same.

[ptsal]

Bttt

[GOPJ]

The MSM sucks... waiting for the next round of layoffs from the New York Times...

[Lopeover]

What is good for the goose is good for the gander! Get used to it commies!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Lorianne.

As Concha points out, the Obama campaign claimed that there sinply wasn;t enough space, instead of being honest, as Trump has been, about the unfavorable coverage being the rootof the matter. Somehow, on the Obama plane there was room for Glamour, Ebony, and Jet, but no room for the Dallas Morning News, New York Post or Washington Times.

And when was Hitlery's last press conference? But I forgot -- she doesn't need those, her water gets carried every minute of every day by the so-called news media.

[DaveA37]

The media will do and say ANYTHING to “dump Trump”

[Lorianne]

Thanks for that. I will keep that in mind.