Now I know that it probably comes as no big surprise to anybody, or at least it shouldn't, that Barry "Almighty" is far from being anything that would resemble a big fan of the Fox News Channel. I think that he has continued to make that point painfully obvious, and long before he was elected. But I think you do have to wonder just how deep that animus must go for him to order to flat-out, and in such an obvious manner, deny the network access to interviews with any key White House officials. Is it for no other reason than because the other networks, who are obviously much more liberal and patently biased in their reporting that they are given free reign? You know, those completely objective networks such as CNN, NBC, CBS, and ABC. It also makes one wonder just what is it that they might be so afraid of. You would think that if Barry was so confident that what he is doing is genuinely what's best for the country, he would be sending his people out to shout it from the roof tops via every venue available? Obviously he's are afraid of a little honest scrutiny and of having his people being asked the tough questions when it comes to what they are doing. What does it say about someone who would go to such lengths to keep what they are doing buried deep in the shadows and agree to talk only to those who can be counted on to ask questions that are not too probing. Might they be trying to hide the fact that what they are doing is having just the desireed effect that they were hoping for. Not only does this reveal the level of corruptness of this administration, but it also makes very apparent how today's state controlled media complex is continuing to make itself completely irrelevant. If people feel that they are being consistently lied to they'll simply seek information from another source.
So while many conservatives have always suspected that there was, and continues to be, a White House bias, some might even describe it as being a vendetta, towards Fox News, now there’s varifiable proof that very definitely shows that, yes, that is in fact the case. That proof comes to us in the form of some White House emails recently obtained by the group Judicial Watch, a conservative non-partisan organization whose stated mission is to seek government accountability. These emails, while somewhat sophomoric sounding in nature, do contain some rather damning evidence that makes very clear the level of certain White House official’s disdain, or in some case even outright hatred, for Fox News as well as for some of the anchors who work at the network. The emails reportedly date back to 2009, during a time when the White House was in what can only be described as a "battle" with the Fox News Channel. At issue was whether the administration had purposely excluded Fox News from interviews with its top officials, most notably Barry’s so-called “pay czar.” And apparently it was that specific action that began the whole process that has ow resulted in making it possible for all of these emails to finally see the light of day. Because it was Judicial Watch which had filed a Freedom of Information Act after the controversy over whether Fox’s Major Garrett was denied an interview with Kenneth Feinberg, Barry "Almighty's" “pay czar.” So egregious was the denial in fact, that even left-leaning NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN took the unprecedented, and very rare, action and reportedly stood with Fox, refusing an interview with Feinberg if the administration continued its antics.
Revealing the nearly fanatical level of the anti-FNC bias within the Barry "Almighty" White House in an October 23, 2009 email exchange between Jennifer Psaki, Deputy White House Communications Director and [Treasury Department press aide] Jenni LeCompte, Psaki writes, “I am putting some dead fish in the fox cubby – just cause”. In an email on the night of October 22, 2009, commenting on a report by Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier noting the exclusion of the network from the [press] pool, Psaki writes to LeCompte and fellow White House colleagues, “…brett baier [sic] just did a stupid piece on it — but he is a lunatic”. Later on in the email thread Psaki reportedly botches Bret Baier’s name yet again, replacing it with “Brett Baer.” Which begs the questions: shouldn’t a WH Communications Director know how to spell; and does Psaki even know who Bret Baier is? Apparently not, otherwise she might have a). spelled his name correctly, and b). known that the relatively unoffending Special Report host could hardly be described, perhaps even by critics, as being a ”lunatic.” In yet another email that was sent around the same time, Dag Vega, Director of Broadcast Media at the White House, informed LeCompte “…we’d prefer if you "skip" Fox please.” And perhaps most damning of all, Deputy White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest reportedly laid out the White House position on Fox News in a 2009 email to LeCompte in which he said, “We’ve demonstrated our willingness and ability to exclude Fox News from significant interviews.” It would seem that arrogance, as well as a reckless disregard for the truth, runs pretty deep over there in the Barry White House.
Anyway so there you have it. I will leave it to you to decide whether everything was all simply taken out of context as Barry and his people would have us believe, or are these emails more consistent with how the current administration has conducted itself with the media, especially Fox News, up to now? So I'll ask again. What is it that these people are trying so desperately to hide from us to the point where they will speak only to those "news" organizations who can be counted on to "slant" the "news" in such a way so as to make sure that it is always presented is such as way that it comes across as being much more favorable to Barry's administration and its policies? This caliber of juvenile, even infantile, behavior along with what can only be described as a gross lack of any professionalism whatsoever, is not what one normally expects to see coming from the White House, any White House. But it seems to be much more the rule of the day in the Barry White house and apparently from the top down. It would seem that the only "war" which Barry has any interest in continuing is the one that he has going on with Fox News. Obviously he sees that as a bigger threat than he does crazy Muslim terrorists.
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