Apr 282011
From SFGate, Obama Administration punishes reporter for using multimedia.
But part of the press’ job is to do the opposite, to strip away the cloaks and veneers. By banning her, and by not acknowledging how contemporary media works, the White House did not just put Carla in a cage but more like one of those stifling pens reserved for calves on their way to being veal.
There is no doubt this is the most transparent POTUS ever, I can see right through him.
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And yet the in-the-pocket compliant media (most likely to include this admonished reporter) will continue to cover and spin for the Resident in Chief. Working harder to tear down any opposition to his dictatorship than to actually hold him accountable.
Make sure and read the comments at the reliably-Liberal SF Chron on this story, too. Even these progs have had enough of The Boy Who Would Be King.
They may have had enough of him for now, but when election day comes, the best we can hope for is they stay home.