Major news outlets, like The New York Times, The Washington Post and CBS ignored the mess surrounding former White House environmental Czar Van Jones and the videos surfacing of his controversial statements.
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Jones continued to work in the administration and asserted that the president didn't agree with his controversial statements. Yet most of the media still didn't pay attention even after Gibbs' comment.
CBS News became the first of the three broadcast networks on Friday to note the controversy, but ABC's "World News" and "NBC Nightly News" again failed to report the story. After Jones' midnight resignation over the weekend, all three networks aired the story on their Sunday evening newscasts. The Washington Post offered its first story on Saturday yet The New York Times' print edition didn't publish its first story until Monday -- a story that appeared on the front page, under the fold.
Jones is towering figure in the environmental world. A New York Times best-selling author and Yale law school graduate, Jones was named by Time Magazine in 2008 as one of their "Environmental Heroes."
Yet the so called main stream media flatly omitted any stories about him, until he had already resigned. It is now more than ever apparent they are part of the problem. There is a vast conspiracy, but it is not right wing. Some of us have known this for awhile. It is amazing the most guilty always defend themselves by attacking their accuser.
I can't help but wonder (KNOW) how these very media, would have treated a Republican Czar with the same credentials?
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