Obama boots three reporters

Fieldmouse · 10-31-2008, 08:42 AM

Obama has now booted three newpaper reporters because they endorsed McCain. This is another fine example of needing to pay for access to the elite BHO.[:@]
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/31/obama-plane-pitches-reporters-mccain-endorsing-papers/

burniegoeasily · 10-31-2008, 09:01 AM

This media censorship gets me very concerned.

Champlain Islander · 10-31-2008, 09:09 AM

Kind of gives one a bad feeling about what may happen when and if he is elected. I am not sure at this point if there is anything that can be done other than to talk with everyone you know and give an opinion of how dangerous he could prove to be for our nation.

BigTiny · 10-31-2008, 09:21 AM

Tells you what he thinks of the 1st Amendment. What kind of SC Justices do you think he would appoint?

burniegoeasily · 10-31-2008, 09:22 AM

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ORIGINAL: BigTiny

Tells you what he thinks of the 1st Amendment. What kind of SC Justices do you think he would appoint?

Left wing progressives.

Champlain Islander · 10-31-2008, 09:26 AM

There has to be one last bomb to drop which will determine the winner. Seeing some Obama family history with Osama Bin Laden would be a sure way to wake people up.

Griswold · 10-31-2008, 09:34 AM

Let's be fair and point out that McCain banned Maureen Dowd and Joe Klein from his flights.

There is a difference, of course. Dowd and Klein are columnists who are soldiers for the left, while the reporters from the NYP, DMN and WT are simply reporters for newspapers that happened to endorse McCain. So Obama's actions are quite concerning.

cr422 · 10-31-2008, 10:12 AM

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ORIGINAL: Griswold

Let's be fair and point out that McCain banned Maureen Dowd and Joe Klein from his flights.

There is a difference, of course. Dowd and Klein are columnists who are soldiers for the left, while the reporters from the NYP, DMN and WT are simply reporters for newspapers that happened to endorse McCain. So Obama's actions are quite concerning.

Right. Dowd and Klein are columnists with a leftist agenda. The three that Obama booted are just reporters.

burniegoeasily · 10-31-2008, 10:14 AM

Sorry, noticed someone else has pointed out McCain has done something similar.

Alsatian · 10-31-2008, 10:18 AM

Censorship is one view or interpretation of the observed phenomenon. Another viable interpretation is that Obama just wants bigger, more influential media figures on the plane. I find that entirely plausible and not indicative of any nefarious manipulations by Obama. Notwithstanding, Obama and Bidden are still both doo-doo heads.