I watched Fox and Friends this morning, as I do nearly every morning. Yes, in case you haven’t figured it out already, I’m one of those right wing extremist nutjobs who think the only one of the major broadcast news outlets that has anything worth watching is Fox. Sue me or shoot me… your choice. I don’t care.
So anyway, Michelle Malkin was on. She’s always got something fun to listen to and/or to read. In case you have never heard of her, Michelle is the author of a book called “Culture of Corruption“, in which she dissects the history of the cronies of Obama that are IN the White House with him, and the man himself and ties up all the corrupt loose ends these bad guys have tried to leave tattered and unexposed.
As important as the book is, what’s even more important is that Michelle is a libertarian conservative author who doesn’t sit back on her laurels and live off her book earnings. She’s a real journalist who is all about getting to the truth behind the headlines. She’s also intent on exposing the tactics, lies and the spin from the current administration. Of which, it seems, there is never any shortage.
The reason she was on Fox and Friends this morning had to do with the latter.
Unless you’ve been living on Pluto (which is not a planet anymore, by the way – hate to be the one to break it to ya) for the past week or so, you’re probably well aware of the fact that Oblahblah himself, along with his hordes of administration minions have declared war on Fox News. Screw the Taliban and Al Queda in AfPak, they’re declaring war on a U.S. based news agency.
Specifically, they’re attempting to discredit the organization by saying it’s NOT a “real” news outlet. They’re saying it’s no better than “talk radio” or “opinion television”. They’re saying it’s got a conflict of interest because PROFITS drive it’s “reporting”.
Dear Mr. Obama and his cronies: NEWS FLASH! NO news company is a “not-for-profit” organization. Your lovers over at CNN, ABC, CBS, PBS, and all of the NBC channels are ALL interested in PROFITS to drive their reporting… or else they no longer have the cash to continue “reporting”. Duh… ok, I lied… good old PBS (and NPR) aren’t “for profit”, but they have the benefit of the government’s funding to rely on. The rest of them rely on advertising revenue.
And in regards to the “not a real news organization” comment, if they’re not, who is? They operate nearly exactly the same as any other news organization out there… they simple report from a different perspective. Evidently the Oblahblah administration has taken it upon themselves to define what IS and IS NOT an appropriate perspective to report the news from. Of course, the appropriate perspective would be one that shows them in a glowing halo of awe-inspiring and question eliminating light. *puke* How Chavez-Castro-Stalin-Putin-Hitler-MAO-Nixon-esque of them…
Ok… back to my original thought…
So the leader of the so-called “free world” is now waging war against a PRESS organization claiming it is not REAL press. He’s REALLY attacking them because they’re the only major network that’s got any balls to stand up to this administration and call them to the carpet on their hypocrisy, lies, and radically socialist tactics.
Well… here are the questions Michelle Malkin has for the current administration…
1) Hasn’t your White House set a DANGEROUS precident in publicly declaring WHICH news organizations are legitimate and which are not?
Think FIRST AMENDMENT of the U.S. Constitution. Back to my point earlier about the administration taking it upon themselves to be the ultimate authority on what is news and what is not. That’s for the people to decide, not the Executive (or even the Legislative or Judicial) Branch of the government. This is beyond their authority, not to mention PETTY, JUVENILE, STUPID, and a downright WASTE of taxpayer money and resources. The government has NO place making these calls or sticking their nose here. It doesn’t belong in it. It is the totalitarian despotic government that attempts this sort of thing, regardless of HOW you feel about Fox. You can love them or you can hate them – doesn’t matter, but either way, you SHOULD be sick at this, and outraged. It’s an OBVIOUS push form the administration to try and ensure none of the other outlets (I affectionately refer to them as the “state run media”) report on what Fox does, or attempt to reflect Fox’s perspective on anything they report on.
2) What did you talk about in your “off the record” meeting with (left leaning) opinion journalists at White House-friendly media outlets?
Seriously, what the hell is the administration doing holding a meeting like this with so-called “journalists” (TALKING HEADS)? If this isn’t a ‘bribe’, I don’t know what is. “Come get some face-time with the dear leader. Let him grace you with his presence, and woo you with his charm… so you will continue to feed from his hand like the lapdog that you are”. *gag* Yeah, one of these opinion journalists was the super sensitive, compassionately tolerant liberal Keith Olbermann, who recently called Michelle Malkin a “mashed up meat bag with lipstick”. Nice guy, right? Yeah, he’s my hero. /sarcasm. Someone needs to mash up his meatballs with a size 14. No lipstick needed. This hateful, violent jackass fits right in with these Chicago mob-type corny politicians in the White House.
3) If a Republican Administration operated the way you have, what grade for transparency would you give it?
Oh you can bet the last of your 401k (which, if it looks like mine, is worth about 50 cents now) that these progressives would be screaming at the very top of their lungs “TREASON!” if a republican administration was doing this crap. (I’d just like to say that I’m no republican, either) As a matter of fact, these people WERE doing just that (screaming) when Bush was in office, and operated his administration very similarly. Remember Pelosi’s weekly (and seemingly daily) rants about how “dissent is not unpatriotic”? She’s changed her tune since the dissent is not in their favor now. I know it’s hard, but try to hold your shock and amazement!
Ok, so… I’m done ranting now…
Why don’t you tell me what you think his answers would be? What would YOUR answers be? Make yourself heard in the comments…
Here’s the video itself… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayaPy55IHJ0]
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