Obama Administration punishes reporter for using multimedia

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    Add this to the "if Bush had done this" file...

     
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    Great comment from the SFGate link:

     
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    White House calls lib rag SF Chronicle liars, SF Chronicle strikes back!

    Control the message, and you control the masses. Obama is on his way to being Hugo Chavez. Next step? Jail the reporter.


     
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    Seems to be an obvious case of censorship by the President of the USA against a press pool reporter.

    Libs, where is the outrage? Or, is the San Francisco paper not telling the truth?
     
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    Who knows whether they are telling the truth or not?

    My guess is that they more-or-less are, although the story seems a little shaded towards their point of view.

    My guess is that someone in the administration went a bit overboard, and may very well get fired as a result.

    I doubt this is a result of a direct order from the top, but rather the result of bit players thinking they have more power than they do, and probably lack of experience, too much ego, etc.

    Doesn't seem like something to get outraged about, but then I'm not quite as prone to outrage as some. Probably due to my GIGANTIC UNION PENSION, I suppose.

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    Seems akin to JQ peeking through the blinds.

    Unprofessional behavior/rule breaking by the reporter violates the arrangement she had agreed to in exchange for special access to the Pres. Stupid move on her part to play paparazzi and blow her career.
     
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    I fail to see what was censored?
     
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    A reporter recording video of an anti-Obama protest is stupid and against the rules? That's the story you libs are going with on this one?

    Censorship, pure and simple. The truth is that we have a very small and thin-skinned President, and if he can't control the message, he will ban reporters.

    Sickening that he does it, and sickening that people would be opposed to a free press reporting any and all activities related to a visit by the President.
     
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    Wow, thanks for the insight!

    I'm just amazed at how many of the hundreds of comments are so negative, from posters who claim to be from both the left and the right.

    I find citizens paying to attend the fundraiser, and then protest Obama at the fundraiser, to be newsworthy.
     
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    Post stupid stuff, and you'll get smart ass comments.
     
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    Yes, it is amazing that cranky people post political comments on the internets.

    Yes, it is newsworthy that Obama's political opponents have money.

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    I am in full agreement with the intention of this post. If the evil republicans had done this, fuck oh mighty, there would be an outcry from coast to coast. I think even the press overseas would be banging on the Whitehouse for the breach of freedom of the press.
     
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    Ha ha ha, that was good barfo cranky people post on everything, its the safety behind the monitor thing.

    Oh, are you implying that the left is underfunded?
     
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    Yes, truly the Republicans are an oppressed minority in this country, brutally subjugated by the citizens, media and foreigners. A ragtag rebel outfit that has little money, influence or power but continues to speak truth to power.

    It's both sad and noble, that hopeless Republican cause against all the odds. Maybe one day they'll find an avenue to win the presidency, or a majority in either the House or Senate. Perhaps one day, they'll dominate radio talk and have a cable news network that largely favors their causes. One can dream.
     
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    Yes, sadly one can hope.

    In all seriousness, The Republican party is in shambles. They are fragmented and ineffective. The Tea Party has more pull with the right and middle leaning folks. I believe that the pendulum has swung so far to the left, that it soon has to head back around. I dont think we will ever see the days of the Reagan strengths, but damn I miss that guy.
     
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    It's amazing to me how much the right thinks that "if the right did this, XYZ" would happen, even though when the right WAS doing it, what they claimed would happen, never did.

    it's why the left considers many of the media spineless cowards (as they do the democrats in office). They let things happen, and are as guilty as those who do it.
     
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    The good news is that with the aging of the population, it should be easier than ever to find candidates with Alzheimer's.

    I agree with you about the state of the Republican party - in fact I'm starting to think that the Republican nominee won't even be a factor in the race. It may end up being Obama vs. Trump vs. that other guy, the Republican, what's-his-name.

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