The snake oil salesman answered questions from a member of the Service Employees International Union and a member of Health Care For America Now. The audience was stacked and the questions were pre-selected. The political sham made for good television but in no way informed the public about socialized medicine.Also Blogging: And So it Goes in Shreveport, The Blog Prof, Piece of Work In Progress, and The TrogloPundit.
The pageant of subterfuge at the town hall meeting was exposed by Helen Thomas who has covered the White House during every presidency since John F. Kennedy.
Following a testy exchange during a briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is trying to control the press.
See also, Michelle Malkin, "Washington Post: Laughingstocks and Let’s Make a Deal!; Update: “Salons” Shut Down."
1 comments:
I'm optimistic that when someone like Helen Thomas speaks up about the way Obama's been manipulating the press, other members of the press may start paying attention and start drilling the politicians harder.
The fact that this is making the news is a good start. When you see this in C-SPAN, CNN, Newsy, and even The Korea Times is a good sign in that it shows the media is fed up, which means they're more likely to start doing real interviewing and reporting.
You've probably already seen C-SPAN's and CNN's coverage already. Newsy's is at their site (Newsy.com) and they have the clip from The Korea Times as well.
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