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Obama Gets Ruthless History Lesson After Claiming He Never Attac
ked the Media
By: BJ Date: September 9, 2018, 2:18 pm
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During his speech at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign on Friday, in which he reportedly referred to
[/b[b]]himself 102 times, former President Barack Obama
attempted to lob a grenade at President Donald Trump regarding a
free press.
Too bad for him it blew up in his hand.
Scott Dworkin
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@funder
"I complained plenty about Fox News. But you never heard me
threaten to shut them down. Or call them enemies of the people."
President Obama #VoteDem
Obama said, “It shouldn’t be Democratic or Republican to say
that we don’t threaten the freedom of the press because they say
things or publish stories we don’t like. I complained plenty
about Fox News, but you never heard me threaten to shut them
down, or call them ‘enemies of the people.'”
His statement was met with some support. One such item came from
CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter.
Brian Stelter
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@brianstelter
Obama telling the truth about his media criticism versus
Trump's criticism: "I complained plenty about Fox News, but you
never heard me threaten to shut them down, or call them enemies
of the people."
However, there were also plenty of folks who called Obama out
with some ruthless reminders of recent history. And plenty of
them are also members of the media.
CNN’s own White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins, no big
supporter of Trump, had a very different take on things:
Kaitlan Collins
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@kaitlancollins
"Under Obama, the DOJ and FBI spied on reporters by monitoring
phone records, labeled one journalist an unindicted
co-conspirator for simply doing reporting and issued subpoenas
to others to try to force them to reveal their sources and
testify."
(HTM) https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/opinion/sunday/if-donald-trump-targets-journalists-thank-obama.html?mcubz=1<br
/>…
NBC News
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@NBCNews
Replying to @NBCNews
Former President Obama: “I complained plenty about Fox News, but
you never heard me threaten to shut them down, or call them
‘enemies of the people.’”
She was far from alone. Washington Free Beacon staff writer
Stephen Gutowski called out both Stelter and Obama on the claim:
Brian Stelter
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@brianstelter
· Sep 7, 2018
Obama telling the truth about his media criticism versus
Trump's criticism: "I complained plenty about Fox News, but you
never heard me threaten to shut them down, or call them enemies
of the people."
Stephen Gutowski
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@StephenGutowski
You can't be serious. The Obama admin tried to exclude Fox News
from interviews and named James Rosen as a criminal
co-conspirator for doing his job.
Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume gave an “All True”
retweet to NRATV host Dana Loesch pointing out flaws with
Obama’s claim. She tweeted that the Obama administration “spied
on their reporters, seized phone records and personal emails and
declared (former Fox Washington correspondent) James Rosen an
enemy of the state. Holder himself signed the secret search
warrant application.”
Dana Loesch
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@DLoesch
You spied on their reporters, seized phone records and personal
emails and declared James Rosen an enemy of the state. Holder
himself signed the secret search warrant application.
NBC News
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@NBCNews
Replying to @NBCNews
Former President Obama: “I complained plenty about Fox News, but
you never heard me threaten to shut them down, or call them
‘enemies of the people.’”
Multiple members of the public cited Sharyl Attkisson, who
worked for CBS during Obama’s tenure. Not only did CBS confirm
that her computer had been hacked while she was reporting on the
Obama administration’s Benghazi scandal, but Attkisson
personally and publicly accused the Obama Department of Justice
of swapping out her hard drive.
But Attkisson was not just referenced. She hit back at Obama’s
claim herself, with a multi-tweet exposition on the Obama
administration versus the press. One of her most direct hits was
a “flashback” reminder about the Obama administration’s
“unprecedented acts vs reporters:”
Sharyl Attkisson
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@SharylAttkisson
Flashback: Remember that time virtually all major press orgs
quietly complained about Obama admin. unprecedented acts vs
reporters? “This is the most closed, control freak
administration I’ve ever covered.”--David Sanger, chief
Washington correspondent, The New York Times, 2013.
She landed other heavy blows, as well. Recently, hundreds of
newspapers published editorials proclaiming the Trump
adminsitration a danger to the free press. However, the media
also complained about Obama’s actions and Attkisson quickly
pointed that out, as well:
Sharyl Attkisson
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@SharylAttkisson
After Obama admin seizure of AP phone records, coalition of 50+
news orgs—incl Society of Professional Journalists, ABC, NBC,
CNN, NPR, New York Times, and Washington Post issued strong
protest letter.
(HTM) https://www.rcfp.org/media-organizations-call-justice-department-mitigate-damage-broad-subpoena-journalists-phone-records<br
/>…
She also shared a link to a report from 2013 regarding the
actions the Obama administration took against a free press. That
report by the Committee to Protect Journalists noted that “the
White House curbs routine disclosure of information and deploys
its own media to evade scrutiny by the press.”
But that was not all. It went on to add that “Aggressive
prosecution of leakers of classified information and broad
electronic surveillance programs deter government sources from
speaking to journalists.”
The biggest difference between the Obama and Trump
administration’ when it comes to the media is the attitude of
the media toward the man in the Oval Office.
Trump criticizes the “fake news” media, but it was Obama’s
administration that took real, serious steps against reporters
who turned up stories the administration didn’t like.
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