Comments on: Video: Obama Team Smacked Down For Controlling the Press

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:05:04 +0000

Totally agree, Sandi. Journalists know to sell papers they need to tell a story with conflict, but what they didn’t realize is that conflict isn’t about what celebrity got busted with a DUI, but about the press keeping politicians in check. That’s what the press should always have been about.

And Carol, you can also find this report at http://www.newsy.com/videos/watchdogs_to_lapdogs. They also show some of the CNN coverage of the “Town Hall.”

By: carol

carol — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:26:33 +0000

Try to find this on any “news” site other than Fox. They have all buried it. Chip and Helen better enjoy partying together cause they are radioactive now.

By: Sandi

Sandi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:35:31 +0000

They were trying to make a point to Obama, which they did, and now after this little spat, they will go back to kissing his ring. Or maybe they are finally figuring out that to sell papers, get ratings and have credibility, they need to go back to real journalism. What a concept!

By: Caffeinated Thoughts

Caffeinated Thoughts — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:26:38 +0000

The Reid-Thomas Tag Team vs. Robert Gibbs…

President Obama must be wearing out his welcome with the media. CBS’s Chip Reid and AP White House correspondent, Helen Thomas (who has been covering Presidents for longer than I have been alive) lowered the boom on Robert Gibbs yesterday regardi…

By: weststar

weststar — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:23:11 +0000

A little more time and OFRAUD will be fully exposed,,, anybody believe he is not a closet Muslim,,, what honest American would NOT produce their ORIGINAL birth certificate.

Would end all of the current lawsuits,,, what are you hiding OBAMA?

By: gottaspew

gottaspew — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:46:36 +0000

I cant believe people dont see through this govt power grab. Never in American history has the executive branch reached out for so much power!! I thought there were 3 branches of govt. Congress should just go home and wait for next years election so that we can throw them all out!! Anyone thinking that this health care plan can work is a fool. Where is the money coming from? CBO numbers don’t lie.

By: Helen Thomas Browbeats Robert Gibbs Over Transparency : Stop The ACLU

Helen Thomas Browbeats Robert Gibbs Over Transparency : Stop The ACLU — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:04:37 +0000

[...] I didn’t mean to cross post this, since Jay posted on it last night. I was going to do one on the ACLU dropping a lawsuit regarding “illegal marriage [...]

By: PrivatePigg

PrivatePigg — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:41:27 +0000

Wow, Gibbs is a lousy press secretary.

By: xerocky

xerocky — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:50 +0000

I honestly think that the press corps is really getting sick of Obama’s arrogance, big time. And it’s about time.

They should have done this during the run for office, when they could have made a difference.

He’s starting to tank, but Soros will have to miss a couple of payments before they flat out turn on O.

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:29:25 +0000

You know things are bad when Helen Thomas says the White House is so far from open and transparent that it is SHOCKING – that it is the PATTERN of staging the events with preselected people and questions that is the problem. Maybe Journalism is not dead after all – questions are starting to be asked, and truths are starting to be told.

The koolaid is wearing off – look at the faces of the OTHER reporters in that room, no one there is happy with what is going on.

Gibbs tries to wiggle out of it – saying how would we do that? and Thomas lays it out there for the world to see “By calling reporters the night before” like you do essentially.

Busted, baby.