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Sun-Times: Journalists Being Shut Out by Obama

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Sun-Times: Journalists Being Shut Out by Obama


Sun-Times: Journalists Being Shut Out by Obama | NewsBusters.org


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?
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What is Obama's reasoning for this? How do you feel about this? Why won't the so called press grow a pair? Are they that smitten with Obama that they don't dare?
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
What is Obama's reasoning for this? How do you feel about this? Why won't the so called press grow a pair? Are they that smitten with Obama that they don't dare?
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Just continuing Bush's method ;)
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
What is Obama's reasoning for this? How do you feel about this? Why won't the so called press grow a pair? Are they that smitten with Obama that they don't dare?
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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.
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The entire article is based on 'According' to Carol Marin. Bringing ZERO evidence from anybody. Not even Carol Marin. Just 'according'. Nothing but a sensationalist story not backed by any kind of evidence other then hearsay.
 
Hatuey said:
The entire article is based on 'According' to Carol Marin. Bringing ZERO evidence from anybody. Not even Carol Marin. Just 'according'. Nothing but a sensationalist story not backed by any kind of evidence other then hearsay.
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So are you saying this is not happening?
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
So are you saying this is not happening?
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The proof that it is happening has been shown to be 'According to Carol Marin'. Nothing else, nothing more. Whether it's happening? I don't know. What I do know is that the proof provided for it is hearsay leaving me to think that it is nothing more then a Media Research Center sensationalist blog post with little to no proof to back it up.
 
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