Pravda Anyone?

Terry, I had heard about Van Jones almost 2 weeks ago.  Yes I watch the infamous FOX. 

Today a commentator asked an insider why no one discovered his affiliations during the vetting process.  Evidently there is a question which specifically asks about activities that might be embarrassing to the administration.

He never filled one out.  As a matter of fact NO Czar has filled one out. No one has been vetted.  The commentator indicated the administration was aware of his past activities but did not think they would cause any problems.

Terry,

I bet you make for great political conversations around the table. lol, thanks for the neat posts! I love the political watch dogs! I love FOX too!

Remember what your mother told you?  "Show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are."

All those progressive, communist, fascist, socialists out there sure do a good job of making sure the news doesn't hit the standstill way after the fact.

You're right on that Terry.  The media has been protecting this administration for too long.  Time we know all about the whole bunch of them.  Full background disclosures on all.  Public should be informed of who is in the president's ear.  After all, he does work for us.

Terry,

I think you are being overly generous to the New York Times;  Pravda means "truth" in Russian.

Terry - if someone works for you do you have to agree with them 100%?  With their religion, their sexual preferences, their politics.  If a highly qualified person wants the job do you not hire him because he believes in creationism vs evolution.  What if he believes there was a 2nd gunman on the grassy knoll?  I'm not condoning a bad hire, just posing the questions.

Terry - I do believe that is the real issue here, the passes given to this administration by the press. How much main stream coverage was given to Cindy Sheehan at Martha's Vinyard protesting the continued presence in Iraq and Afghanistan? How much was given to Cindy Sheehan in Crawford, Texas?

Everyone can make bad hires in any business.  What business person hires someone without checking the time line of their resume?

Bonnie - John McCain.

Bob, I would say from what I've observed that the press has not been gagged nor hand  picked by this administration as it was with the last administration.  If the only source of your news is cluster FOX, well then you have it.

Inna, :-) 

Bruce, well then we have a conflict here don't we?  I didn't know the meaning of that word.  I only speak a little Czech.

Terry - Mike - I can't disagree, Obama is getting some fawning press but I don't think its that much more than other new presidents.  If you recall even W was given tremendous press in the early days which lasted through the run up to the Iraq war.  And what of the "embedded" reporters that the W administration had copy approval over?  The press didn't ask the right questions pre-Iraq war and perhaps they're not asking them now.  Most people today get their news in tiny clips and sound bites rather than newspapers and periodicals which traditionally, did the heavy lifting in terms of hard news gathering which I think throws the liberal/conservative "media bias" perception out of whack.  But then again, news gathering has historically been liberal or we too would be stuck with the likes of Tass and Pravda.  Additionally, in order for a reporter to get and keep "access" to important contacts within the administration the reporter needs to keep up appearances, if he embarrasses the people he covers he may soon be writing about high school sports in east Moline. 

Terry Miller-Great post, I finally found something nice I can say about obama.  obama is not a truther!  I read the transcript of the Charlie Sheen (a 9/11 truther) interview with obama.  obama just blew him off (insert Larry Sinclair joke here)about all the truther talking points. 

The thing we can learn from this is

A. obama is not a truther

B. obama thinks it ok if he hires a truther as long as it supports his racist plans.

I'm still shaking my head over Van Jones' response in a statement where he said "lies and distortions" about him.  Funny, how these folks think when they get caught if they just say it's lies and deny their actions, that is supposed to make everyone believe them. 

Donna - like Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby, Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzales et al.

Terry H, if Bush had someone on his staff that made half the controversial statements this guy made, let alone call themself a communist, it would have been 24/7 on mainstream media.  If it wasn't for FOX this story would still be unknown.  Do you really think this communist racist character deserves a place in our government?  Guess you missed most of this story because you watch msnbc.  Lucky you!