One would think the folks at the White House would have full plates these days what with three wars, impending economic implosion, terrorism and the like.
Nevertheless, someone in the White House found time to complain to a small California newspaper about a throwaway comment about Michelle Antoinette buried in an article about the Marine One helicopter.
The Daily Caller has the details:
… Gina Channell-Allen, president of the Pleasanton Weekly in Pleasanton, California, said that her paper “received a call from the White House asking us to take out part of the story because it reflected poorly on the First Lady.”
The story in question was a soft feature about Marine One titled, “Inside Marine One, President Obama’s helicopter,” that ran in the paper on April 20. Pleasanton staffer Amory Gutierrez “didn’t get to ride in ‘Marine One,’” she wrote in her story, “but I did get the VIP tour and took photographs of the otherwise unseen aircraft.”
She also wrote a sentence that the White House thought made FLOTUS look snooty.
“Basically the reporter said that the First Lady didn’t speak to the pilots but acknowledged them by making eye contact,” Allen wrote in her email.
Allen says she “complied” with the White House’s request “because it was not worth making a fuss over.”
She added, “I thought it was interesting, though, that the [White House] was concerned enough about image to contact a little weekly paper in Pleasanton.”
The Pleasanton Weekly should consider itself lucky that the administration chose to handle this with a phone call from the White House. It could easily have been a phone call from the IRS.
Source: Daily Caller
This post was last modified on May 4, 2011
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So much for a free press. If Bush had been caught dong something like this all hell would have broken loose. Guess it is ok for Obama to restrict the freedoms of all Americans, even doen to the truth written in a tiny hometown newspaper. How insecure they must be.
They are both cockroachs... They can live a long time without their heads
Maybe those are some of those jobs that Obama created that he keeps patting himself on the back for.
If the white house contacted every publication about less-than-flattering articles about Moochelle-they would have to hire an army of new employees! That is hilarious indeed.
"She also wrote a sentence that the White House thought made FLOTUS look snooty."
You mean to tell me there are still people around who don't already KNOW the FLOTUS is snooty????
"It could easily have been a phone call from the IRS." That's step two, in case the letter doesn't work. Michelle, if you can't stand the heat, please, please, PLEASE, get out of the kitchen. And take Barry with you.
It was a simple misunderstanding - Michelle Obama thinks she's Queen of America, not the wife of an elected official.
ANd Obama thinks he is King!!
Don't anger the FLOTUS...she's already campaigning to take away salt and sugar, I don't want to think about what I'd have to eat on the 4th of July in order for her to finally be able to "be proud" to be an American
"Don’t anger the FLOTUS…she’s already campaigning to take away salt and sugar, I don’t want to think about what I’d have to eat on the 4th of July in order for her to finally be able to “be proud” to be an American."
Cake. You'll be allowed to eat cake.
I think when you're in shackles and wearing a slave collar she'll "be proud" to be an American!
I read this elsewhere and can't remember where to give credit where credit's due, but look at the bright side: instead of the small readership that the paper might have reached knowing this unflattering little detail about the FLOTUS, now millions of people know, thanks to the Internet.
WHY IS THIS WEBSITE NAMED IHATETHEMEDIA.COM WHEN IT SHOULD BE NAMED IHATETHELEFTLEANINGMEDIA.COM... I doesnt make sense if you hate the media at least report what both sides of the spectrum is doing wrong..not just one side of the media.. Its very confusing and very stupid.
I am officially now bored with your sorry self. I am trying to be nice. If you don't like the website, you can leave.
Maybe you're confused and stupid if you can't figure it out.
Caperthy, you already said that. Entertain us with NEW drivel, please.