Thursday, June 18, 2009

A New Sycophantic Media Low


The report below is from the somewhat sensationalizing Drudge Report, but if it is only half true, it constitutes a new low in the mainstream media's sycophantic support for President Obama: a series of ABC News shows to be broadcast from within the White House, present the Obama administration's plan for socialized medicine.

There has been some talk recently about newspapers and other mainstream media outlets seeking their own bailouts from the government. Perhaps ABC News is auditioning for the role of America's state-owned media.

"ABC Turns Programming over to Obama; News to be Anchored from Inside the White House," Drudge Report, June 16 On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care—a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm!

Highlights on the agenda:

ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver "World News" from the Blue Room of the White House.

The network plans a primetime special—"Prescription for America"—originating from the East Room, exclude[ing] opposing voices on the debate.


The Director of Communications at the White House Office of Health Reform is Linda Douglass, who worked as a reporter for ABC News from 1998–2006.

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