From Facebook to Hypocrisy
04/29/11 – President Obama – It's bad enough that you made some unfortunate remarks last week about the deplorable condition of Bradley Manning, but then you really stooped to your lowest point by having the temerity to ban one of the best political reporters in the country from the approved pool of journalists covering presidential visits to the Bay Area for using now-standard multimedia tools to gather the news.
The Chronicle's Carla Marinucci - who, like many contemporary
reporters, has a phone with video capabilities on her at all times
-shot
some protesters interrupting an Obama fundraiser at the St. Regis
Hotel.
Read
more:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/bronstein/detail?entry_id=87978#ixzz1KwbXEvGd
To quote Bronstein, “Just the day before Carla's Stone Age infraction, Mr. Obama was at Facebook seated next to its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, and may as well have been wearing an "I'm With Mark" t-shirt for all the mutual admiration going back and forth.”
"The main reason we wanted to do this is," Obama said of his appearance, "first of all, because more and more people, especially young people, are getting their information through different media. And historically, part of what makes for a healthy democracy, what is good politics, is when you've got citizens who are informed, who are engaged."
...“What's worse: more than a few journalists familiar with this story are aware of some implied threats from the White House of additional and wider punishment if Carla's spanking became public. Really? That's a heavy hand usually reserved for places other than the land of the free."
As
a retired newspaper publisher, this story really makes me angry. What
is it about the TRUTH that you hate? Carla Marinucci was there doing
her job. How dare you accuse her of anything. Whatever happened to
transparency. You are playing the fool and I hope the media goes
after you for your implied threats. You want to lose the election in
2012? I can tell you from first hand experience that this type of
activity will never play well in anyone's book. Shame on you!
Thomas Daly
Retired California Newspaper Publisher
PS – Now that you have severely prejudiced the case against Manning by claiming he is guilty without trial, I suggest that you drop the bogus charges against him and set this American Hero free.