So-called Town Hall meetings have always been a farce. Same with Obama’s idea of “transparency.” Now reporters are even starting to complain.
Absent the pretense of a campaign “debate” platform, Town Hall meetings are now merely infomercials. Pure propaganda. Filled with hack partisan activists and axe-grinders who have nothing better to do than ask pre-approved questions. Unless it’s your job to report on these charades, you shouldn’t be watching them.
But it seems the media lapdogs are growing restless. Some in the White House press corps are no longer content to be the Obama administration’s public relations pep squad.
Helen Thomas has covered every president since Lincoln, er… Kennedy. Anyway, she’s old enough to know better and to resent the spoon-feeding. We don’t agree with Thomas on muchof anything, but we can’t help but cheer for her in this video. Watch as she teams up with CBS’ Chip Reid to confront smarmy spokes-tool Robert Gibbs about the White House’s manipulative question-planting techniques and his insulting non-answers.
Then imagine the outcry if the Bush team had been as “transparent” as this bunch.
Source: RealClearPolitics.com
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Shouldn’t we call these things as they are: Show Trials.
To piggy-back on what Sven said; How long did they think the act would last? They willingly passed the Kool Aid along to the gullible public, and now they sprout a conscience and decide to “demand” a bit of truth?! Too late folks, you already passed the point of no return with Dear Leader. The press helped to make this guy, now they want absolution – not going to happen!
On the other hand, Gibbs is good for entertainment – like watching an off-script dancing bear.
Transparency in government, my ass.
Helen Thomas has become younger and more beautiful by at least a factor of a six pack of Bud.
Here’s what’s going on:
After the traditional media did everything possible to ensure Obama’s election, he is now abandoning them. Huffington Post gets first questions?
The lib bloggers are even easier to control than the MSM. And if they do wake up to this re-layering of the media matrix, who cares? Will the MSM really deny their dogma.
Not bloody likely.
Hope & Change…..Change the subject and Hope they don’t question you….