Calling 'Em Out: The White House Takes on the Press

Nine of those so-called czars, it turned out, were subject to Senate confirmation, making them decidedly unlike the Russian monarchs. "The idea — that the Washington Post didn't even question it," Dunn says, still marveling at the decision. Full Story »

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by Justin Michels - Oct. 9, 2009

Not bad for a short article about breaking news, but fails to ask any big and/or dangerous questions concerning the performance of our major media outlets.

FOX does not produce "news", per say; what they produce is called "infotainment." An actual word used in actual litigation when former reporters attempted to sue the network for NOT ALLOWING them to broadcast the news--why doesn't the White House want to focus on this? Could they also be afraid of that big, scary word: Transparency

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