Obama White House and Suppression of the Press ~~ Specifically Fox News

That the Obama White House and his Ministry of Propaganda, aka the Main Stream Press, aka the ‘lame stream press’, hates Fox News is no secret. The extent that they have actively engaged in lies and have tried to suppress Fox News has been revealed through a Freedom of Information Act filing by Judicial Watch.

Back in 2009 there were a series of events and interviews that Fox News was excluded from. The White House first said that the exclusion of Fox News was an oversight. As if not allowing an international new organization into a room for interviews and press conferences could be a mere accident. What happened behind the scenes then was ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN threatened to boycott interviews with TARP Special Master Kenneth Feinberg if Fox News was allowed in the room.

Fox News reporter Major Garrett was eventually let into the room when it was revealed the White House was specifically blocking Fox News, all the while denying they were. There were emails about this from the White House, which Judicial Watch was finally able to get showing and proving that these actions were deliberate, and not a ‘misunderstanding’.

At the time, Treasury officials claimed that there was no “plot” to exclude Fox News. In a January 2010 New Yorker magazine story, then-press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporter Ken Auletta: “This started over at Treasury, and when it got to the White House it was fixed."

That does not seem to be an accurate claim, given the paper trail. Indeed, it seems that Treasury Department officials wanted to include Fox News and the White House didn’t want the cable outlet included.

At 10:33 a.m. that morning Treasury Department official Jenni Lecompte emailed other Treasury officials with a plan for Feinberg to grant interviews to ABC, CBS, NBC and NPR. Treasury official Andrew Williams asked for time to fit in CNN and Bloomberg.

Lecompte emailed White House official Dag Vega at 11:10 a.m. noting that Treasury was trying to add more interviews for Feinberg to the schedule. She asked: “If we did do Fox in the mix, is that an issue? (understand you would not but if we do is that a problem on your end?)”

Vega wrote to her: “we’d prefer if you skip Fox please.”

Following that comes an eruption of emails after media writers heard that there was an attempt to exclude Fox News. White House deputy communications director Jen Psaki joked about “putting some dead fish in the fox cubby – just cause” and criticized a story on the ensuing kerfuffle by Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier saying “brett baier just did a stupid piece on it -- but he is a lunatic”.

Full article here.

Bret Baier a lunatic? Just how petty and thin skinned is this administration? Do we really want the President of the United States suppressing news, suppressing freedom of the press? Then of course they lie about it and try to cover it up. Bad.  

Charles Krauthammer on Bret Baier being a lunatic and the hatred of the Left for Fox News:  “For the White House to think Brett Baier, one of the most level-headed people I know, is a lunatic, shows a little bit about the psychology of the people in the White House… It shows you how much Fox News gets under their skin.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mqZjaSvNMK8

White House War on Fox News- 'It's About Control' (vid)

White House says it right here; using the actual words 'it's about control'. Obama holds the most powerful political position on the planet, and uses those resources to heavily attack a news organization.

Nixon Enemies List Redux

Nixon had his enemies list generated by his own nefarious people. Our Dear Leader wants citizens to generate his list for him. Obama gained notoriety by agitating against (you fill in the blank). When he gets agitated against...well you better not, or they're coming for you. Legal? No more than Nixon. 5 U.S.C. § 552a says United States agencies, which I assume would include the Executive Branch, shall, “maintain no record describing how any individual exercises rights guaranteed by the First Amendment unless expressly authorized by statute or by the individual about whom the record is maintained or unless pertinent to and within the scope of an authorized law enforcement activity.”

The White House wants you to inform, to them, on your fellow citizens: "There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."

What's the level of danger? Nixon was a paranoid with a lust for power, and that's what motivated him. Obama has a lust for power and wants to "remake" America into Amerika. Obama's people and the Dems fought hard for terrorists' rights. Can't listen to the bad guys calls from overseas, can't investigate their bank accounts, have to read Miranda rights to battlefield prisoners, and have to bring Gitmo prisoners to the US and give them full citizenship rights. But boy, you better not question your political representatives about ObamaCare, global warming, cap and trade, or you become an enemy of the State.

White House Supression of Free Speech

White House blog by Norm Eisen, Special Counsel to the President on Ethics and Government Reform (emphasis added):

"First, we will expand the restriction on oral communications to cover all persons, not just federally registered lobbyists. For the first time, we will reach contacts not only by registered lobbyists but also by unregistered ones, as well as anyone else exerting influence on the process. We concluded this was necessary under the unique circumstances of the stimulus program."

This statement has to do with the (un)Stimulus Package. See, if you criticize Obama, not only will you be slandered (racist, bigot, homophobe) but now your speech (criticism) will be shut down altogether. How dare you question our Dear Leader!