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Rudy and the Press Corp

Something really important happened this week, and the press that all of us question from time to time actually did the right thing. As a group they should be commended.

Via Missy Caulk-Ann Arbor- Realtor(R)- Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams-Ann Arbor):

Rudy is one of our families favorite sports movies. It is a movie about the dream of Rudy Ruettiger who wanted to play football at the University of Notre Dame.

One of my favorite scenes is when Rudy had been told he would be able to dress for one of the games his Sr. Year by Notre Dame Head Coach, Ara Parseghian, only Ara Parseghian is no longer head coach of Notre Dame and is replaced by Coach Dan Devine.

It becomes apparent that Coach Devine is not going to let Rudy dress for one home game. The Sr’s one by one walk into Coach Devines office and lay their jerseys on the coaches desk. They were a team and knew how hard Rudy had worked and wanted to see him dress for the last game.

You’ll have to see the movie, a classic to find out what happens.

Grap your hankies….

But, a more important situation this week occurred that reminded me of the movie Rudy.

The White House invited the Press Pool to interview the Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg concerning his announcement he was cutting the pay of executives at 7 companies.

The Press Pool is made up of 5 Major News organizations, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX.

Only one issue:

Fox News was not invited to the interview.

In a small victory for Freedom of Speech, the rest of the Press Corps, standing together said if FOX was not allowed to attend the interview, they would boycott the interview in protest.

The White House, (like Dan Devine) eventually relented and all five Major News Organizations were allowed to interview Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg.

Tears flowed from my eyes as they carried Rudy off the field.

Virtually cheering for the Press Corp who stood up to the White House and refused to attend the briefing if FOX was not invited.

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Posted by Larry Brewer on 10/24/2009 08:29 AM

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Originally posted at: Williamson County Real Estate: Rudy and the Press Corp

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I'm not sure why this story didn't get more coverage. For something this big, it didn't get a lot of press.

Thanks for the re-blog Larry.

Elizabeth, of course they didn't carry it....that is part of the problem.

(((sigh)))

Thanks for the re-blog Larry.

Elizabeth, of course they didn't carry it....that is part of the problem.

(((sigh))) The WH didn't want anyone to know they were trying to squish the Freedom of the Press for FOX News.

It got HUGE coverage, it dominated all the other "news" networks this week. Most agree that though FOX has their bias they should not be excluded. I watch them all to get a "fair and balanced" perspective. I wish they would stand together to get Comedy Central in there too.

I am thank-ful those other networks finally did what was right. Perhaps they are seeing the beginning of the end of the power for this president:) I sure hope so!

Missy welcome, you did a great job.

Mike Nastri - No way you have time to watch all these channels

Mike Frazier - NBC still thinks Obama walks on water, and they don't want him to lose any momentum since the cap and trade bill will mean billions to GE their parent company, but they did the right thing this time.

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