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wonder why you couldnt actually link to the huffn poo link...are you allergic to anything that isnt fox or prison planet/breitbart??
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/10/obama-press-freedom-cpj_n_4073037.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000058
just in case you need more fuel for your impotent rage
Because I didn't need to?
As for rage...let alone impotent rage...not quite sure where you're seeing that. Cloudboy brought in an "opinion" piece and I simply did the same.
Would have made more of an impact if you had actually gone into the article itself instead of regurgitating foxs spin, but
yeah impotent rage actually works... in most of your rebuttal sound bites. it is what it is...
Ahhhh, I see. If you're from the left, spewing forth outrageous stuff from a leftist opinion piece...such as cloudboy (speaking of impotent, even paranoiac, rage) often does...then no need to go in-depth. If you're on the right, using an opinion piece from the right...even though one of the sources cited is from the left...you must go in-depth. Otherwise, it is your rage coming through. Got it.
From the source you cite: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4073037?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000058
Leonard Downie spent more than four decades at The Washington Post, including 17 years as the paper’s top editor, and has heard plenty of grumbling from reporters blocked from access to government information. “I’m used to journalists complaining,” he told HuffPost in an interview.
But after speaking to 30 veteran Washington journalists to prepare a Committee to Protect Journalists report, Downie said he was persuaded that concerns about lack of government transparency are legitimate. Those interviewed, he wrote,“could not remember any precedent”(bold mine) to the Obama administration’s aggressive crackdown on leaks and efforts to control information.
*****Mr Downie spent 44 yrs with the Washington Post, 17 of which were spent as the Executive Editor. During his tenure as Ex. Ed., the paper won 25 Pulitzers. Mr Downie is the winner of several journalism awards, has published several fiction and non-fiction books, ...including one on investigative reporting...and was one of the few people who knew the true identity of Deep Throat before it was revealed. I'd say he was fairly well qualified to prepare such a report.
His findings are contained within the Committee's first comprehensive look at press freedom in the U.S.: “The Obama Administration and the Press: Leak investigations and surveillance in post-9/11 America. Link here: ”http://cpj.org/reports/2013/10/obama-and-the-press-us-leaks-surveillance-post-911.php
The Committee has existed for 32 years, usually investigating press freedom under authoritarian governments and the killing of . So what swung their attention to the Obama regime? From the article here: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4073037?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000058
But this spring’s revelations about the Justice Department secretly seizing phone records at The Associated Press and obtaining a Fox News reporter’s email account have increased concerns closer to home..In the report, Downie examined a range of Obama administration tactics that hinder government transparency. These include unprecedented use of the Espionage Act in prosecuting media leaks, classifying government documents as secret when no harm could come from their release, increased government surveillance that jeopardizes the safety of news sources, Freedom of Information Act violations, and White House-produced content that can't substitute for independent, accountability journalism.
***That's probably just paranoia on the part of those from the right. Oh wait, the Committee wasn't just made up of journalists from the right. And the lead investigator...Mr Downie...is a journalism professor from the Univ. Of Az. (Liberal) and was with the Washington Post for 44 years.
The Committee wound up sending a letter to Obama: https://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/174909511?width=360
In this letter, they made six recommendations to the Prez.
These recommendations span requests not to prosecute journalists for receiving classified information to being more transparent. All six can be found in their entirety in the letter.
To go on, it is claimed that Obama is "worse than Bush". (That can't be right, can it?). David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, said “this is the most closed, control freak administration I’ve ever covered. Later: Michael Oreskes, a senior managing editor at the AP, said, “the Obama administration has been extremely controlling and extremely resistant to journalistic intervention.” Later: Josh Meyer, a veteran Washington correspondent, said White House staffers “don’t return repeated phone calls and emails” and “feel entitled to and expect supportive media coverage.”. Finally: Marcus Brauchli, the former Washington Post executive editor who succeeded Downie, said the Bush administration had a worse reputation” for transparency, but “in practice, it was much more accepting of the role of journalism in national security.”
***David Sanger graduated from Harvard University...magna cum laude...has worked for the N.Y. Times for 30 years, was a part of two teams that won the Pulitzer and the author of a couple of books.
***Michael Oreskes has been nominated for several journalism awards, including his coverage of the Monica Lewinski scandal and subsequent Clinton impeachment trial.
***Josh Meyer is the author of "The Hunt for KSM: Inside the pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed". He has shared in two staff Pulitzer awards and has won numerous journalistic awards.
***Marcus Brauchli spent 4 years at the Post before succeeding Mr Downie. During his tenure, the paper won 5 Pulitzers and he has won numerous journalistic awards.
The article continues on, remaining critical of the Obama administration and its non-transparency in regards to the press, suppression of information, the classification of documents as secret or confidential. The FOX article notes how that non-transparency and that secrecy has limped investigations. Is that not true? Spin? Sure...Somewhat. Read the two articles, one after the other...objectively... and decide for yourself. Here's the FOX link again:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/07/21/irs-benghazi-fast-and-furious-will-ever-know-truth-about-obama-administration/
Did I go into the article enough now for an impact?
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