Can someone be considered a member of the free press who cooperates with this kind of restriction against journalism:
According to Sun-Times columnist and long-time Chicago journalist, Carol Marin, journalists at Barack Obama news conferences have come to realize that Obama has pre-picked those journalists whom he will allow to ask him questions at the conference and many of them now "don't even bother raising" their hands to be called upon.One wonders why journalists are allowing this corralling of the press? Would they have allowed George W. Bush to pre-pick journalists like that? Would they meekly sit by and allow themselves to be systematically ignored, their freedom to ask questions silenced by any Republican? Would journalists so eagerly vie with one another for the favor of Bush like they are Obama's?
Here's hoping that the honeymoon is brief, and even the ass-kissers in the White House Press Corp get sick of being shat on by His Eminence.
Comments (2)
They did allow exactly that until Katrina. Helen Thomas was the only one to speak up
Posted by Caleb | January 14, 2009 6:33 AM
Posted on January 14, 2009 06:33
If this happening then the reporters instead of sitting there, not raising their hands, should simply not show up.
When the only reporters at the Dark Knights pressers are his conspirators the message he is actually sending will be delivered.
Posted by john beard | January 14, 2009 11:25 AM
Posted on January 14, 2009 11:25