Just Ask Nixon

You would have thought that the White House had learned its lesson when Communications Director (and Mao admirer) Anita Dunn told CNN that Fox News wasn't a real news organization like CNN, making a fool of herself in the process. But now, Obama aide David Axelrod has compounded the goof by echoing what Dunn said. See below:


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/18/obama-team-continues-effort-isolate-fox-news/

"A lot of their news programming, it's really not news. It's pushing a point of view," senior adviser David Axelrod said on ABC's "This Week."

Hmmm. Is he talking about people like CNN's Rick Sanchez or Jack Cafferty, the man who rolls up his sleeves to read e-mails on air that all condemn Bush and various Republicans? What about the line up of mad hatters at MSNBC, Ed Schultz, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann-no "pushing a point of view" there.

Of course, I can understand when people get angry at the press, but it seems to me that the administration is lashing out against the one news organization that dares say a word against him. So now the White House is trying get all its allies in the media (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC) to gang up on and isolate Fox News-which, according to them, isn't a real news organization-even though it leads its competition by a country mile. You might as well say the Pittsburgh Steelers aren't a real football team.

Moreover, isn't it silly for the White House (under any president) to declare war against a news outlet? It can only make the White House and the president look bad.

Just ask Nixon.

"That's right!!"

Even if Fox is the bug-a-boo of liberals everywhere, eventually, even many of them might realize that this is the behavior of dictators-especially given the move to wipe out conservative talk radio through the "Fairness Doctrine" and the looming presence in the FCC of Hugo Chavez admirer Mark Lloyd. He wants to emulate Chavez's handling of the Venezuelan opposition media.

Well, sometimes the press ticks off the wrong people, but like it or not (and I blast the press constantly), we need a free press. I may criticize the New York Times, but I'm not trying to destroy it. And there is a big difference between a little old blogger like me criticizing a news organ and the White House trying to use its vast power to destroy one.

Just ask Nixon.

"That's right!!"